Bid to freeze Arizona’s ‘Secure the Border Act’ fails, but fight isn’t over

A bid to temporarily block Arizona’s Secure the Border Act (Proposition 314), which allows state officials to jail immigrants for unauthorized border crossings, failed after a judge denied a temporary restraining order. The law, which took effect on July 14, enables local law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants and judges to issue deportation orders, bypassing federal immigration systems. Opponents, including the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and the ACLU, may still seek a preliminary injunction during a scheduling hearing on August 11.