Arizona Republicans back bill to jail people for blowing whistles to warn of ICE presence

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 2,044

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Arizona Republicans want to jail community activists who use social media to warn people about the presence of federal immigration agents in their neighborhoods.

Legislation that would create a new state crime of “unlawful alerting” cleared a state Senate committee on Wednesday. Under the provisions of Senate Bill 1635, telling another person of an impending arrest with the intent to prevent it from happening would be a class 1 misdemeanor, the most severe category …

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