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“I don’t think that people understood what was in the bill when they were cosponsoring it,” said Kerri Talbot, executive director of the advocacy group Immigration Hub, who works with Congress to develop policy.

Sen. Gallego, a cosponsor of the bill, won a major victory in Arizona in November, besting Republican opponent Kari Lake by nearly 3 points in a state that saw the Democratic presidential candidate lose.

It garnered nationwide attention and backlash over the possibility of draconian punishments for abortion recipients and quickly lost about a third of its cosponsors.

Polling has shown that measure could be a toss-up and dependent on voter turnout demographics — young and Black voters are among the likely supporters, according to a recent Berkeley survey cosponsored by The Times.

Michael Carey said his confrontation with Parker took place Wednesday after he approached the senator before a committee meeting and asked him to cosponsor a piece of legislation.