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Arizona GOP lawmakers pass immigration bills on border crossing, E-Verify

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The Arizona Legislature gave final approval this week to a bill that would make it a state crime to cross the border illegally, one of a package of bills that critics have called modern versions of SB 1070.

Other bills in the package – including a proposed ballot initiative that would expand the use of E-Verify to welfare recipients as well as workers – have been approved in the House with strong Republican support.

Critics such as Lena Avalos, a senior policy adviser at Living United for Change…

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David Ulloa Jr.

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