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Latino advocacy group sues to prevent Arizona from passing bill criminalizing unlawful immigration

Arizona wants to make it a crime to cross unlawfully from Mexico (Credit: AFP)

A Latino advocacy group from Arizona has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent a GOP-led initiative to put an immigration crackdown proposal on the ballot in November.

The proposal, voted this week by state lawmakers, makes it a state crime to enter Arizona through Mexico between ports of entry. It empowers local law enforcement to arrest those in infraction and judges to order their deportation. It also makes it a felony punishable with up to 10 years in prison to sell fentanyl that leads to a person's death.

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