Legislation that would have required the state to issue warnings about dangers associated with illegal immigration along the border has been withdrawn.
The Nogales International reported that Rep. Peggy Judd, R-Willcox, decided against pushing the bill after united opposition from local political and business leaders along a wide stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border.
The bill would have required the state's director of homeland security to issue warnings for people living, working and traveling within 62 miles of the border. That would have included all of Santa Cruz County, most of Cochise and Yuma counties and parts of Pima County, including the southern edge of Tucson.
Judd decided to withdraw the bill after border community leaders met Monday in Phoenix to discuss their worries and opposition.
Even the homeland security director, Gilbert M. Orrantia, who would have been responsible for sifting intelligence information before issuing warnings, said he was opposed to it.
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