By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol Times
Key Points:
- Judge dismisses challenge to state’s Secure the Border Act
- Ruling notes key challenged provisions have yet to take effect
- Advocacy group plaintiffs plan to appeal decision
A judge blocked an attempt from two advocacy organizations to strike down the state’s Secure the Border Act as key provisions of the law have yet to take effect.
Proposition 314, a legislative referral approved by voters in 2024, requires a check on citizenship to determine eligibility for public benefits, levies charges on those who apply with false information, criminalizes the sale of “lethal fentanyl” and deems illegal entry into the country a state crime necessitating enforcement and detention down to the local level.
But, the lawsuit and now the dismissal, come as the provisions on illegal entry remain in limbo.
