“I am not intimidated by this, because what I did was simply alert my community to stay away from an area where ICE could be, to keep themselves safe."

https://www.abc15.com/news/politics/im-getting-death-threats-arizona-sen-analise-ortiz-under-fire-for-ice-posts

Originally Posted By u/kenistod At 2025-08-07 08:33:10 PM | Source

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[–] colforge@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Regardless of whether you read the article, this was addressed.

A First Amendment expert at the Freedom Forum said Ortiz is right.

"She has a First Amendment right to talk about, to share publicly available, publicly viewable information on an issue that is clearly a major public concern up for debate right now, not just in Arizona, but across the country," Alex Morey said.

Morey, a First Amendment specialist at the nonpartisan nonprofit, said it's not a crime to share data that publicly available, even if it makes law enforcement's life a little more complicated.