LUCHA Applauds Governor Hobbs For Vetoing Trojan Horse Bill SB1610

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 2, 2025

Contact: Cesar Fierros | cesarf@luchaaz.org | (602) 921-4923

PHOENIX — Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) commends Governor Katie Hobbs for vetoing SB 1610, a deeply harmful bill that would have been one of the most dangerous assaults on civil liberties in recent memory.

“SB 1610 was a Trojan Horse- disguised as public safety, but designed to smuggle authoritarianism into Arizona law,” said Alejandra Gomez, Executive Director of LUCHA. “By vetoing this bill, Governor Hobbs protected not just immigrants, but every Arizonana from being swept into a surveillance and detention system that trades our constitutional rights for unchecked government abuse.”

SB 1610 would have accelerated harmful collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, putting even U.S. citizens and legal residents at risk of being swept into a system that has a documented history of wrongful detention and abuse.

LUCHA celebrates this veto as a stand against racial profiling, family separation, and mass surveillance of Black, Brown, and immigrant communities.

“The Republican-led Legislature remains determined to further MAGA Republicans' unconstitutional power grab and their Project 2025 agenda. This veto reaffirms that Arizona will not be used to carry out a deportation agenda that punishes people for existing while Black or Brown,” Gomez added. “We thank Governor Hobbs for choosing civil rights over fear, and community safety over cruelty.”