Arizona
What would the Arizona ICE Act do? Explaining the Senate bill that requires immigration cooperation
PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers are considering a bill that would require state agencies and local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Senate Bill 1164, also known as the Arizona ICE Act, advanced out of a Senate panel on a party-line vote Monday afternoon while demonstrators rallied outside against the Trump administration.
SB 1164 has two main provisions:
- Requiring law enforcement to hold crime suspects who have federal immigration detainers.
- Prohibiting state agencies, counties, cities and towns from enacting policies that obstruct the enforcement of immigration laws.
The bill’s sponsor, State Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican who represents Legislative District 14, told ABC15 the measure is needed to ensure Arizona collaborates with the president’s efforts to remove undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes, adding that it’s “really a matter of public safety.”
State Sen. Catherine Miranda, the ranking Democrat on Senate Military Affairs and Border Security panel, said she was concerned that the requirement to cooperate with ICE could lead to racial profiling and questioned Petersen about language in the bill that says local law enforcement should “use its best efforts to support the enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
“‘Use your best efforts to work with law enforcement.’ That’s a self-evident statement,” Petersen said, adding that “most people understand what that means.”
Miranda, D-District 11, who along with the other two Democrats on the panel voted to not advance the bill, said SB 1164 would make communities less safe.
“There will be reduced reporting of violent crimes by vulnerable communities because they won’t act as witnesses out of fear of deportation,” she said, adding that the cooperation requirement could also lead to increased response times for unstaffed police departments.
A number of groups gathered at the Arizona Capitol on Monday to demonstrate against SB 1164 and President Donald Trump’s administration. LUCHA rallied against the bill after the Senate panel vote, vowing to return every Monday.
What the Arizona ICE Act says about immigration detainers
In an interview with ABC15 before the vote, Petersen said he worked with the sheriffs on the bill, saying “the majority” support SB 1164.
When asked about concerns that the bill could make immigrant communities fearful, Petersen said the measure doesn’t involve law enforcement going into communities to make arrests.
“It’s just simply making sure that someone who has committed a state crime will who is an illegal immigrant will be deported by ICE,” he said. “There will be no obstruction from stopping ICE, from deporting an illegal immigrant who is committing state crimes.”
Under the bill, people with immigration detainers would be held for up to 48 hours for ICE. It’s safer for law enforcement to pick up people with holds at the jail or prison instead of in the community, Petersen said.
The federal government reimburses the costs of the extra detention, so the new requirement should not incur additional costs for Arizona, Petersen said.
The bill also allows the state attorney general to enforce the cooperation provision – and even allows taxpayers to file complaints.
The original draft of the bill would have required law enforcement agencies to sign formal agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but that provision was removed during the panel hearing. The bill does still allow county sheriffs to enter into 287(g) agreements if they choose.
Currently, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Mesa Police Department, and sheriff’s offices in La Paz, Pinal and Yavapai counties have such agreements with ICE.
Other immigration bills at the Arizona Legislature
The Arizona ICE Act must face hearings in two other committees before advancing to a full Senate vote. If it passes, it will head to the House for consideration in that chamber.
Lawmakers are also considering several other immigration-related bills.
House Bill 2099 would require the governor and attorney general to “enforce, administer and cooperate” with federal immigration enforcement. Senate Bill 1294 would lease the Marana Prison, which has been empty since 2023, to the U.S. government for $1 per year to house people being held on immigration violations.
And Democrats have proposed the Immigrant Trust Act to protect people without legal status who are living in Arizona, but Senate Bill 1362 and its mirror, House Bill 2807, are unlikely to get committee hearings in the Republican-led Legislature.
PHOENIX — 89-year-old Robert Young is battling Arizona State University in court over the Louis Emerson home, one of the oldest remaining houses in the Phoenix Churchill area.
At the corner of 4th and Pierce streets sits a home that pre-dates Arizona statehood, and now sits at the center of a legal battle between its owner and Arizona State University.
ASU wants the land where the Louis Emerson home stands. The university is planning a medical and technology school nearby and says it wants to exercise its right of possession over the property.
But Young, who has owned the home since 1975, is not backing down.
“It’s not gonna happen. That’s what I thought then and that’s what I think today. I will not let it happen,” Young said.
Marshall Shore, known as the Hip Historian, says the home is one of the oldest remaining houses in the Phoenix Churchill area, built before Arizona was even a state.
“This house was here before statehood, before Arizona even thought of becoming a state; this house was here, and so it deserves to tell that story and continue on,” Shore said.
Shore says the home’s history is rooted in everyday life.
“It was an everyday man’s house. He was a butcher,” Shore said.
Young says he and his wife lived in the home for 8 years before renting it out. He calls it an architectural and historic treasure that is irreplaceable. He says the legal battle is taking a toll on both of them.
“It’s stressful. You don’t know from day to day if you’re gonna find the house on the corner,” Young said.
Young says the university offered him between $290,000 and nearly $1 million for the property. Maricopa County Superior Court records show the Arizona Board of Regents sued Young for the home earlier this month.
According to the Arizona Republic, ASU gave a written statement explaining that they made several offers to Young on his home. Their final offer was based on an appraisal, and it was not accepted.
Shore says the home does not need to come down and has a vision for how it could coexist with the planned medical school.
“I mean there’s nothing more sustainable than keeping a house where it is. Create a pocket park around it, so that way people can come and enjoy that little pocket park and make it really a gem in the community,” Shore said.
Shore says an online petition in support of preserving the home has gathered more than 10,000 signatures.
Young wants ASU and the public to understand what is truly at stake.
“It’s the way it’s placed on the corner, and it’s the fact that this corner itself is historic,” Young said.
Young is expected to appear in court on Sept. 4 to explain why the home should not be torn down.
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A look at where the Arizona Cardinals rank in new NFL power rankings based on level of interest.
We are in the dead of the offseason in the NFL, when we are simply waiting for training camps to start. It is a good time for more lists and rankings.
AZCentral Sports’ Bob McManaman put together NFL power rankings for all 32 teams, but based on interest level.
Where do the Arizona Cardinals fall?
As you can probably imagine, it is near the bottom. They find themselves in the tier of “watch at your own risk,” which includes the five lowest-ranked teams. The Cardinals come in at No. 30.
Who’s going to emerge as the starting quarterback and will it even matter? At some point, rookie Carson Beck is going to get his shot and by then, the season might already be heading toward a disaster. Stay tuned to learn how rookie Jeremiyah Love and the running backs will split time, how the defense hopes to rediscover itself and how first-year coach Mike LaFleur plans to get things off the ground.
For fans, there is fantasy intrigue for their pass catchers in Trey McBride, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson, and we want to know how big a season Love can be, but Jacoby Brissett is the least interesting starting quarterback in the league. He is neither young, nor accomplished nor has a track record of winning.
They have no flash defensively.
To say they are more interesting than the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns, the two lowest-ranked teams, is a stretch, although none of these three teams are remotely interesting.
The NFC West, outside of the Cardinals, has interesting teams. There are the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, the loaded LA Rams and then a San Francisco 49ers team that keeps up, even without as loaded a roster.
Training camp is coming soon!
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A missing and endangered child from Arizona was found at the homeless encampment known as “The Jungle” in Olympia, after investigators received information that the child may have been a victim of sex trafficking. U.S. marshals said.
The girl had been reported missing to the Mesa, Arizona, Police Department in May, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
On June 18, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified the agency that the child was potentially being sex trafficked in Washington state.
The encampment is in the greenbelt along Interstate 5 on both sides of the Sleater-Kinney Road exit in Olympia. (KOMO News)
A deputy U.S. marshal assigned to missing children investigations in the Western District of Washington developed a lead that brought authorities to the 3200 block of Martin Way East, a 20-acre homeless encampment known as “The Jungle.”
The agency described the area as having high rates of violence and community safety concerns. Back in 2023, a woman was found dead at the homeless encampment.
The city’s estimate of the number of people at the encampment generally ranges from about 100 to 250 people, with additional visitors sometimes coming to the site during the day. Overall, the number varies throughout the year, Olympia city officials said.
City staff visit the site several times each week, while service providers offer food, water, clothing, sanitation services, and other basic assistance.
On Thursday, U.S. marshals, assisted by the Washington State Department of Corrections, canvassed the encampment and found the missing child. The female juvenile was transferred to the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the Olympia Police Department for treatment and victim assistance.
“Protecting our nation’s children is of the highest importance,” Acting U.S. Marshal Donrien Stephens said in a statement. He credited local, state, and community partners for helping safely recover a youth at elevated risk of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
A photo of an Olympia homeless camp, where a man was arrested by police after allegedly throwing “softball-sized rocks” at firefighters who were responding to an active fire. (KOMO News)
The U.S. Marshals Service said the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 expanded its authority to help law enforcement recover endangered missing children, regardless of whether a fugitive or sex offender is involved, and led to the creation of its Missing Child Unit.
Since the law’s passage, the agency said it has contributed to locating or recovering 5,281 missing children.
The child’s exact age was not made public by U.S. marshals, just that she had been found safe.
The Marshals Service asked anyone with information about wanted fugitives to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office or the agency’s Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102.
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