Arizona Republicans seek to expel lawmakers who republish ICE RAID information | Arizona

Democratic lawmakers Arizona Who is facing a call for deportation Instagram Issue a warning migrant Law enforcement activity near an elementary school said state Senate Republicans are “absolutely trying to be a role model for me.”

Senator Analise Ortiz, a democrat in Arizona, shared Instagram Community organizations warned in texts only post, immigration law enforcement officers are near local primary schools.

“Alarm/Alarm: ICE activity near Southwest Elementary School,” the Post added in early August, adding the school’s crossroads. “There is ice.

The position is the center of ethical complaints this week against Ortiz and the right-wing movement against her against her.

“The moral complaints are very clear that they want to stop others from sharing this information,” she said, calling it “an amazing escalation of intimidation.”

The controversy began when X account Tiktok’s Libs, known for its online liberal online, posted about Ortiz’s re-hair, claiming she was “actively blocking and Doxx Ice by posting her live location on Instagram,” law enforcement should “accus her.”

There is no photo of the shared agent, nor is there a name or other identification information about the agent.

“I’m not there,” Ortiz said. “There is no picture taken by anyone. It’s just an article saying there may be ice outside of primary school. And I think it’s like they should be able to learn peacefully outside of sensitive places that children should be able to learn peacefully is what people should know. They should know how the government represents them.”

Tiktok Post’s Libs spread, filling Ortiz’s inbox with harassing and threatening information. She said her mischaracteristics of “disturbing” the agents led to the vast majority of threats she was exposed to.

Republican state Senator Jake Hoffman, also has a handful of Republican leaders Filed A formal moral complaint aimed at deporting Ortiz from the Chamber of Commerce or without a vote to expel her, evacuate her from all committees and take her office and administrators away. Chairman of the Ethics Committee Quote A complaint with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona demands that Ortiz’s actions “may involve federal law.”

Ethical complaint filed, Tiktok’s libs in Arizona Senate eggs Republicans. “Take her as an example! Enough.” The account tweeted.

“I was surprised that moral complaints were the level of punishment they wanted to impose on me because I was just exercising my First Amendment rights,” Ortiz said.

As immigration law enforcement officers intensified their activity nationwide, activists shared the locations they saw raids or ice sheet agents to warn people to avoid the area. exist ArizonaIt is a southern border country that fears deportation – and those legally detained in the United States – is an aspect of daily life in the second Trump administration. Ortiz said she had never heard of the fear of driving voters without a passport because they were worried that law enforcement would not believe that they would not believe that they were U.S. citizens if they were removed.

Ortiz said she would not be intimidated by moral inquiries or the sin of trying to share information.

“If the United States of America will continue to be a free and fair democracy, it requires people to oppose acts that violate the constitution,” she said. “It takes courage, so I will continue to be brave at this moment.”

Hoffman claimed Ortiz’s re-born origin was “reckless” and “dangerous”, saying that “by publicly issuing alarms about federal law enforcement activities, she actively tilts individuals on ice hunts, endangering the safety of personnel and law-abiding citizens.” He hopes the committee investigates her “will embarrass her on the state and national stages for the entire Arizona legislature.”

Hoffman is Responsible for his role As a fake voter after the 2020 election. Earlier this year, he was Pulled over In his Tesla Cybertruck, 89 mph driving at 65 mph, but with the word “freedom” engraved on the back Not cited Because of the law, it is called legislative immunity.

this Ethical Complaints Details about Ortiz’s re-hair after Tiktok posted about it. Instead, she wrote that she would remind the community to stay away when it’s on the ice and that she “is not afraid of you nor Trump’s masked fool.” When Hoffman wrote on X that he would file a moral complaint and hoped she would be fired, she said: “Jack, wear it.”

Republican Senate President Warren Petersen Have asked before To conduct a federal investigation into Ortiz’s re-hair, it is claimed that she may have violated a federal law that prohibits “attack, boycott or block certain officials or employees.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona did not respond to a request for comment.

Ortiz said Republican lawmakers want to deprive their legislative district of voice in the Senate and keep her and others who want to oppose deportation silent.

“They are trying to escalate it and blatantly lying my actions prove that it is really about authoritarianism and wanting to have a system where masked men conduct police operations secretly, which really should focus on anyone who cares about the U.S. Constitution,” Ortiz said.

Free speech expert And other elected officials, including the state Democratic attorney general, have also posted opposition to Ortiz’s attack on her position, which they say belongs to her First Amendment rights.

“Under the First Amendment, Senator Ortiz’s position is clearly protected,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement. “This moral complaint is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to intimidate and silence the legislators of democratic elections. Warren Peterson and Jack Hoffman should be ashamed of disagreeing with Ortiz’s opinion politically.”

Republicans chairman Shawnna Bolick said the Ethics Committee has not met the operating rules of this year yet, but will consider the complaint once it is established. The expulsion will require a two-thirds vote on the chamber, which is an unlikely prospect.

Ortiz and another Democratic lawmaker yelled “shame” and protested against their Republican colleagues in the 2024 abortion vote. violation House conduct rules, but no official action was taken against her.