Multiple groups are asking the state's top court to block a sweeping border security measure from appearing on the ballot in November.
They argue that a lower-court judge erred in ruling the measure aligns with the single-subject rule in the state constitution
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled earlier this month that Prop. 314 adheres to the single subject of “harms relating to an unsecure border.”
Andrew Gaona, an attorney representing several Latino groups, argues the judge got it wrong.
That’s because the measure, which makes it a state crime to cross the border illegally, also increases the penalties for selling fentanyl, which Gaona said has nothing to do with immigration status. A separate activist group, LUCHA, made its own filing with similar claims.
Lawmakers who drafted the ballot measure have a week to file arguments with the Arizona Supreme Court