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Elected officials, immigrant activists, and church and non-profit leaders lashed out Wednesday against Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s decision that he no longer supports a police department policy that bars officers from routinely asking about people’s immigration status.
Some are longtime friends of the mayor. Privately they had applauded the Democratic mayor for resisting mounting public pressure to enforce immigration laws, even as Maricopa County’s two top law enforcement officials are arresting and prosecuting undocumented immigrants every day.”*
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