‘A witch-hunt’: how Arizona jailed a grandmother for ballot collecting

‘This is what opponents of the ballot collection law always feared – the arbitrary enforcement of the law against people of color, women of color, without any kind of evidence,’ said Darrell Hill of the ACLU of Arizona. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

The small city of San Luis is tucked away in the far corner of Arizona, closer to Mexico than to any major US city. The community is nearly 95% Latino and tight-knit – the type of place where you know your neighbors and their parents and cousins.