Voters approved an Arizona ballot measure this month that promised to enhance border security through various means, including stricter punishment for people selling fentanyl and granting local law enforcement agencies sweeping authority to enforce federal immigration laws.
Several provisions of Proposition 314 went into effect Monday, such as the crackdown on the sale of fentanyl. But one major – and more controversial – element of the measure remains up in the air.
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