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| Bill would require U.S. citizenship for state prison guards |
| By ktar.com |
| Published: 02/13/2014 |
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PHOENIX -- A state lawmaker wants to require Arizona Department of Corrections officers to be U.S. citizens, as is already the case with other peace officers, saying the change would help ease unemployment in his district. "It's about certain citizenship advantages that you have," said Rep. Darin Mitchell, R-Litchfield Park, whose district stretches to Yuma. "You were a citizen, you were born there, shouldn't you at least have a first dib at that job? That's all we're saying." The Yuma area had an unemployment rate of 27.1 percent in December, highest in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The House Public Safety, Military and Regulatory Affairs Committee endorsed HB 2133 on a party-line vote Wednesday despite concerns raised by Will Barnow, legislative liaison for the Arizona Department of Corrections. Barnow told the panel that his agency has approximately 400 officers who are permanent legal residents of the U.S. and could face a limited applicant pool if it becomes law. He also said that over the next year the Department of Corrections expects to hire an additional 1,000 workers. Read More. |
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