IMMIGRATION

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized “the broken immigration system we have now” as “unworthy of a great nation.” In a television interview and in a longer statement on her website, the New Hampshire senator became one of the first Republicans who didn’t write the bill to line up behind the proposal that would offer a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. Ayotte’s support helps the bill’s advocates move closer to the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster. “The status quo isn’t working. It’s de facto amnesty. We need immigration reform that serves the best interests of our country,” Ayotte wrote on her website.

NEVADA

| Las Vegas — Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, was arrested Friday on suspicion of boating while intoxicated at Lake Mead near Las Vegas. Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Edwin Lyngar says Brockovich was arrested late Friday after breath tests showed her bloodalcohol level was just over twice the legal limit of .08. A game warden noticed she was struggling and needed assistance while trying to moor her motor boat at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor near Boulder City.