A group of community organizations and local lawmakers were at the state capitol Friday speaking out against presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Many there said the politician is not welcome in Arizona.
The group announced what they’re calling "a peaceful protest" in Encanto Park before Trump’s Saturday afternoon rally at the state fairgrounds.
Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo said Trump’s proposed policies like banning Muslims from entering the country bring Arizona back to the divisive days of Senate Bill 1070, which allowed local law enforcement to detain someone if there was suspicion that they were in the country illegally.
"Those dark days that we had seen for so long that are now starting to go away, he brings that back," said Gallardo.
Officials with the coalition Somos America, who organized today’s meeting, say they don’t plan on sending anyone inside Trump’s rally on Saturday. Instead, volunteers will be registering people to vote.
