Phoenix tells AG Mayes its ban on ICE staging areas doesn’t violate state law

By: Jim Small

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 636

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The City of Phoenix says it is not violating a state law barring local governments from blocking the enforcement of federal immigration law, as a Republican state lawmaker insists.

Because it has constitutional protections as a charter city and the managing of municipal property is “a matter of purely local concern,” the city says that its policy banning federal agents from using city property to plan or carry out immigration raids isn’t overridden by a …

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