Republicans Monday blasted Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ vetoes of bills designed to protect communities from criminal illegal immigrants.
The vetoes were two of 23 that Hobbs announced late Friday.
While Republicans hold majorities in both houses of the Legislature, they don’t have enough seats to override the Democratic governor’s vetoes.
One vetoed piece of legislation was Senate Bill 1610. It would have required county jails to, on the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide identifying information and access to illegal immigrants arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer or any other offense that results in death or serious injury to another person.
