Arizona lawmakers move to bar migrants from using banks, shipping money
Joseph Palomino, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, questioned the financial impact of what Rogers seeks.
His organization bills itself as supporting fairer tax codes to put more money into education, affordable housing and health care.
Palomino questioned whether any of what Rogers is trying to enact is illegal, predicting it is preempted by federal law and would be overturned. But that is just part of the problem, he said.
"This is just economically disadvantageous,'' he told the House Commerce Committee when it debated and approved the bill. All efforts to try to remove migrants from the state and the country are just harming the economy, he said.
