Arizona Republicans push bill that would legalise killing undocumented migrants accused of trespass [Video]

Republicans in the Arizona legislature advanced a bill that would allow residents to use “deadly force” if someone trespasses onto their property in the border state.

The bill would serve as an amendment to a state law — known as the Castle Doctrine — that permits the use of deadly force against someone trespassing. The proposed measure would broaden the definition of “premises” to include property, not just a home.

A property owner “is justified in threatening to use deadly physical force or in threatening or using physical force against another when and to the extent that a reasonable person would believe it immediately necessary” to prevent or stop criminal trespass “in or on the premises,” the bill’s text reads.

While the proposed measure doesn’t mention migrants, Republican state Rep Justin Heap said in February that …