Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs urged advocates for the Valley’s development industry to join her in opposing a Republican-supported ballot measure on border security at an event on Friday.
Earlier this year, GOP lawmakers put the measure on the ballot which, if approved by voters, would make it a state crime to cross the border illegally.
Hobbs told the Valley Partnership developer community it will kill jobs.
“I don't know what the organized opposition the bill is going to be, but I hope that you all are a part of that because we don't want to see our state - especially after we’ve just talked about all this economic success that we’re celebrating - be thrust back into that national spotlight in the worst way possible,” she said.
Hobbs argued that the measure will raise legal issues, generate negative press, and do nothing to help solve border security.
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