Phoenix is responding to a state lawmaker’s call for Arizona's attorney general to investigate a new regulation that restricts ICE’s ability to use city property.
The regulation means that, without preapproval from the Phoenix city manager, ICE is banned from using certain city property as an operation base, to stage units and to process people arrested.
The move by Phoenix is similar to one in February by the Pima County Board of Supervisors, which requires ICE to get a judicial warrant to use county-owned property.
Nguyen represents Arizona's 1st Legislative District, which includes most of Yavapai County and a portion of Coconino County. He says the Phoenix regulation conflicts with state law and goes beyond passive non-cooperation.
In a reply sent on Monday to Attorney General Kris Mayes, the city attorney says the regulation was drafted to comply with the law. It also says refusing to help federal authorities is not the same thing as impeding them, and state law also gives the city authority over its own property.
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