An immigrant rights group is asking the courts to overturn the Secure Border Act, the ballot measure voters overwhelmingly approved last year that made it a state crime for migrants to illegally cross the Arizona-Mexico border, because it violates a provision in the state constitution that voters approved more than 20 years ago.
Living United for Change in Arizona, a progressive organization that was among the most vocal critics of the act while it was being considered by lawmakers last year,” filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court Wednesday arguing that the sweeping anti-immigrant law should be struck down because it violates funding source protections in the Arizona Constitution.
Standing in front of the court on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after the lawsuit was filed, Alejandra Gomez, LUCHA’s executive director, denounced it as a resurrection of SB 1070, the state’s notorious “show me your papers law” that gave police officers permission to investigate a person’s legal status during routine traffic stops…