"Miller has sought to build a reputation as a border hawk and Trump loyalist, entering his office into a federal partnership with ICE last year without permission from the county's board of supervisors, volunteering to prosecute a Phoenix Democratic senator who shared alerts about ICE activity on her social media, and most recently speaking out in defense of the agent who shot Good in the face and called her a "f*cking b*tch" immediately after he killed her."
"But just as the news conference was about to begin, a crowd of outraged protestors descended on Miller and the handful of GOP lawmakers preparing to give remarks about the new legislation just outside of the state Senate. One man played a tuba, another played a trombone and still another shook a plastic container filled with coins in accompaniment."
Arizona Republicans introduced legislation to criminalize protesters who 'obstruct' U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller promoted the measure while praising federal immigration officials and criticizing 'agitators.' Miller has cultivated a border-hawk profile, entering his office into a federal partnership with ICE without county board permission, volunteering to prosecute a Phoenix Democratic senator who shared ICE alerts on social media, and defending the agent who shot Renee Good while using a derogatory slur after the killing. Protesters gathered outside the state Senate to confront Miller and GOP lawmakers, playing instruments, shaking noise-makers, waving signs that read 'ICE OUT OF AZ' and chanting against ICE and for Renee Good.
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