AZ SCM1006

Urges U.S. Congress to investigate systemic discrimination against indigenous-language-speaking immigrants who lack due process rights at the U.S.-Mexico border and throughout immigration proceedings.

Requests Congress conduct public hearings on federal agencies' failure to assess and provide language services for indigenous languages (22 Maya languages from Guatemala and indigenous Mexican languages) during initial border contact and immigration proceedings.

Calls for establishment of a border-located monitoring system and independent commission with funding to ensure permanent oversight of interpretation services for indigenous-language-speaking immigrants.

References documented violations including higher rates of exploitation and abuse of indigenous immigrants by federal agents, deaths of at least six indigenous children and young adults in U.S. custody since December 2017, and discrimination within Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice agencies.

Directs Arizona's Secretary of State to transmit the memorial to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and all Arizona members of Congress.