Arizona Dems say Trump's trip to the border today is nothing more than a photo-op
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Arizona Dems say Trump's trip to the border today is nothing more than a photo-op

Raw Story  

Arizona Democrats are calling former President Donald Trump’s planned visit to the Arizona border Thursday nothing more than a photo op, after he blew up a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year. “President Trump will Make America Great Again by stopping the migrant invasion and carrying out the largest deportation operation in American history.” But Kelly and Bisbee Mayor Ken Budge, both Democrats, castigated Trump for running on a promise to secure the border after he told Republicans in the U.S. Senate not to vote for a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year. Kelly characterized Trump’s ordering Republicans to kill the bill as “one of the most hypocritical things I’ve seen.” He added that, if Harris is elected president, she has promised to sign a bipartisan border security bill, which will include higher pay for border patrol agents as well as funding to hire more agents. “When that border bill blew up, I just couldn’t stand it any longer,“ Budge said, acknowledging that the bill wasn’t perfect but that he believed it would have “produced results.” Budge said that it’s important to keep the flow of commerce open between border cities like Bisbee and sister cities in Mexico, and that the mass deportations that Trump has promised if he’s elected would make Latinos feel targeted and separate families.

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Democratic Arizona governor says she’ll work with Trump on border security if it won’t harm families
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Democratic Arizona governor says she’ll work with Trump on border security if it won’t harm families

LA Times  

Vehicles wait in line to enter the United States through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in downtown Nogales, Ariz. Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday she is willing to work with Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration on border security issues like stopping fentanyl trafficking, but not in areas that she said could harm Arizona families such as …

Democratic Arizona governor says she’ll work with Trump on border security if it won’t harm families
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Democratic Arizona governor says she’ll work with Trump on border security if it won’t harm families

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday she is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration on border security issues like stopping fentanyl trafficking, but not in areas that she said could harm Arizona families such as mass deportation. “I look forward to having conversations with the incoming president about Arizona’s needs, including border security and …

Harris pledges to crack down on illegal crossings as she challenges Trump on immigration
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris pledges to crack down on illegal crossings as she challenges Trump on immigration

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The vice president said the “dedicated agents” of the US Border Patrol and customs …

Harris heads to US-Mexican border as Trump sharpens migrant rhetoric
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris heads to US-Mexican border as Trump sharpens migrant rhetoric

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris travels to the US-Mexican border Friday to try to show she is tough on migration, a key election issue on which Donald Trump has dramatically stepped up his incendiary rhetoric in recent weeks. Harris's visit to Douglas in Arizona is her first to the border since she replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic …

Harris plans to campaign on Arizona’s border with Mexico to show strength on immigration
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris plans to campaign on Arizona’s border with Mexico to show strength on immigration

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday as her campaign increasingly tries to make the issue of immigration more of a strength, countering a line of political attack from former President Trump. Trump has built his campaign partly around calling for cracking down on immigration and the southern border, even endorsing using police and …

Trump and Harris have very different plans for after the debate
6 months ago

Trump and Harris have very different plans for after the debate

The Independent  

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Kamala Harris prepares to unveil sharp U-turns to her previously woke views on immigration and crime
7 months ago

Kamala Harris prepares to unveil sharp U-turns to her previously woke views on immigration and crime

Daily Mail  

Kamala Harris wants to beat Donald Trump and capture the White House by walking back her soft-on-crime and immigration views. Kamala Harris has ramped up her rhetoric on the issues of crime and illegal immigration as her campaign heats up Harris has touted her record as a 'border state prosecutor' in recent weeks, saying she 'went after the transnational gangs, …

Harris and Walz draw massive crowd of 15,000 in AZ as they blast Trump: campaign
7 months ago

Harris and Walz draw massive crowd of 15,000 in AZ as they blast Trump: campaign

Raw Story  

A massive and enthusiastic crowd gathered Friday evening at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale to cheer on Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. “Now, in over 20 states in our nation, there is a Trump abortion ban — many like Arizona, with no exceptions even for rape or incest,” Harris said. “When …

Kamala Harris makes an immigration pitch in Arizona as she fights to gain ground in the Sun Belt
7 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris makes an immigration pitch in Arizona as she fights to gain ground in the Sun Belt

LA Times  

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Republican Kari Lake, who is running against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego for the open Senate seat in Arizona, bashes Gallego in a recent ad for supporting what she calls Biden’s and Harris’ “radical border agenda.” “It’s very easy for us to segue and switch our sights and focus …

Kamala Harris makes an immigration pitch in Arizona as she fights to gain ground in the Sun Belt
7 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris makes an immigration pitch in Arizona as she fights to gain ground in the Sun Belt

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris drew on her prosecutorial background to make her first expansive pitch on immigration to border-state voters as she and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Kari Lake, who is running against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego for the open Senate seat in Arizona, bashes Gallego in a recent ad for supporting Biden’s and Harris’ …

Why Arizona’s Mark Kelly could end up being Kamala Harris’s response to JD Vance
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Arizona’s Mark Kelly could end up being Kamala Harris’s response to JD Vance

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A win in that state would be an important step in preventing Donald Trump …

J.D. Vance slams Kamala Harris during visit to the southern border
7 months, 2 weeks ago

J.D. Vance slams Kamala Harris during visit to the southern border

Daily Mail  

Vance made his first visit to the border as Donald Trump's running mate where he went on the attack against Vice President Kamala Harris as Republicans attempt to paint her as the Biden administration's failed 'border czar.' His visit to the border comes as Republicans have seized on border security as they go after the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Harris …

Vance focuses his border attacks on the 'Harris administration'
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Vance focuses his border attacks on the 'Harris administration'

NPR  

Vance focuses his border attacks on the 'Harris administration' toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images For more on the 2024 election, head to the NPR Network's live updates page. On a three-day campaign swing through Nevada and Arizona, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly pinned what he considers the border security failures of the Biden administration on Vice President Harris. …

Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech

NPR  

Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech toggle caption John Bazemore/AP ATLANTA — Vice President Harris used the biggest event of her campaign thus far to take on one of her biggest political liabilities: the reoccurring surges in migration at the southern U.S. border during the Biden administration. Harris pledged to bring …

Arizona voters will decide if local police can arrest people for crossing into the US from Mexico
9 months, 1 week ago

Arizona voters will decide if local police can arrest people for crossing into the US from Mexico

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot. The vote came as President Joe Biden unveiled plans Tuesday to restrict the number …

Arizona's Democratic governor fights border package backed by state Republicans
1 year ago

Arizona's Democratic governor fights border package backed by state Republicans

NPR  

Arizona's Democratic governor fights border package backed by state Republicans Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP Arizona Democratic Gov. But Hobbs has joined Republicans in criticizing the federal government's border policies, and implemented her own immigration initiatives – including a migrant busing program and deploying the National Guard to border communities. Republican state Sen. Janae …

Arizona Republicans are pushing bills to punish migrants with the border a main election year focus
1 year ago

Arizona Republicans are pushing bills to punish migrants with the border a main election year focus

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republicans in swing state Arizona are broadcasting a tough border stance with legislation aimed at punishing migrants who enter the United States illegally. The state Senate’s GOP said the “Arizona Border Invasion Act” would “protect Arizona citizens and communities from the crime and security threats associated with the current border invasion caused by the Biden Administration’s refusal to …

As border extremism goes mainstream, vigilante groups take a starring role
1 year, 2 months ago

As border extremism goes mainstream, vigilante groups take a starring role

LA Times  

The border wall arches over the steep slopes of the Sonoran Desert, a vast row of brown steel slats jutting up from the rugged terrain, rippling with heat in the afternoon sun. Apart from Foley’s group, anti-government militias active in Arizona and Texas have spread Q-Anon conspiracy theories and filmed themselves “intercepting” migrant children before delivering them to the U.S. …

Arizona’s governor is sending the state’s National Guard to the border to help with a migrant influx
1 year, 3 months ago

Arizona’s governor is sending the state’s National Guard to the border to help with a migrant influx

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s governor on Friday ordered the state’s National Guard to the border with Mexico to help federal officials manage an influx of migrants. Hobbs asked President Joe Biden’s administration a week ago to mobilize 243 Arizona National Guard troops already in the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector that includes Lukeville, Arizona, to help federal officers reopen the border crossing …

Arizona’s shipping container wall on border is coming down
2 years, 2 months ago

Arizona’s shipping container wall on border is coming down

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Former Republican Arizona Gov. Removal of the hulking red, gold and blue steel boxes is creating a stark visual shift in affected sections of Arizona’s southern landscape as a new governor takes power and another $76 million in state funds is spent to remove the containers on top of the $95 million it cost to put them there. …

Arizona won’t wait for feds, starts filling border wall gaps
2 years, 7 months ago

Arizona won’t wait for feds, starts filling border wall gaps

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona began moving in shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the border wall near the southern Arizona farming community of Yuma on Friday, with officials saying they were acting to stop migrants after repeated, unfulfilled promises from the Biden administration to block off the area. The state plans to fill three gaps in the border wall …

Joining Trump at border, GOP congressman eyes path to power
3 years, 8 months ago

Joining Trump at border, GOP congressman eyes path to power

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — At the invitation of Donald Trump, Indiana Rep. Jim Banks recently led a small group of House Republicans out to the former president’s New Jersey golf club, where they dined on beef tenderloin, posed for photos and briefed him on strategy for the 2022 midterm elections. He was recently selected to lead the Republican Study Committee, a powerful …

Kamala Harris to make first trip to US-Mexico border, days ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to area
3 years, 8 months ago

Kamala Harris to make first trip to US-Mexico border, days ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to area

Firstpost  

Harris said her goal is to offer residents of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico hope for their future, so they aren’t compelled to leave home for better opportunities Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first visit on Friday to the US-Mexico border since taking office, following criticism from members of both parties for failing to go earlier …

Harris to visit US-Mexico border area regarding migration
3 years, 8 months ago

Harris to visit US-Mexico border area regarding migration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first visit on Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office, following criticism from members of both parties for failing to go earlier despite her role leading the Biden administration’s response to a steep increase in migration. During that trip, she sat for an interview with NBC News in which she …

Under pressure from critics, Harris to visit US-Mexico border
3 years, 8 months ago

Under pressure from critics, Harris to visit US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

US Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the Biden administration’s efforts to address the surge of migrants arriving at the border. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the US-Mexico border this week for the first time since taking a lead role in immigration issues, officials said on Wednesday, amid continued pressure on the Biden administration to address the growing number …

Kamala Harris to head to the border amid GOP criticism
3 years, 8 months ago

Kamala Harris to head to the border amid GOP criticism

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the southern border Friday, the administration confirmed, after months of Republican criticism for not going. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to the U.S. southern border on Friday, the Biden administration confirmed Wednesday, following months of Republicans’ criticism over the administration’s handling of a large increase in families and unaccompanied minors arriving from Central …

Returning to the public eye, Trump will head to US-Mexico border
3 years, 9 months ago

Returning to the public eye, Trump will head to US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

The former US president has laid low since leaving office but will resume travel – and rallies – later in June. Former President Donald Trump has said he would visit the US-Mexico border later this month with Texas Governor Greg Abbott after both complained about a rise in migrants crossing into the United States. Trump, Abbott and other Republicans have …

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S.
3 years, 9 months ago

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S.

NPR  

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt York/AP Matt York/AP Republicans from a growing number of states are traveling to Maricopa County in Arizona to witness a controversial election review ordered by GOP leaders in the state Senate, a sign that similar probes may be sought elsewhere across the …

Arizona governor, Florida senator blast Biden over border
3 years, 11 months ago

Arizona governor, Florida senator blast Biden over border

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republicans overseeing their party’s efforts to elect senators and governors trekked to the Arizona-Mexico border Friday and laid blame for a surge in migrants at the feet of President Joe Biden as the GOP looks to weaponize the influx against Democrats. Doug Ducey and Florida Sen. Rick Scott said Biden’s decision to relax some of President Donald Trump’s …

Trump campaign in Arizona push with 4 visits this week
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump campaign in Arizona push with 4 visits this week

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is making it clear that Arizona is truly a battleground, with the president, vice president and his wife and the president’s daughter all scheduling stops this week. “Every single group was experiencing an incredible boom that was coming as a result of smart economic policy.” And Trump said her father will deliver more …

Trump in Arizona: My border wall stopped the coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump in Arizona: My border wall stopped the coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

In visiting the US-Mexico border, Trump seeks to change the subject to an issue he thinks will help electrify his base. President Donald Trump visited the US-Mexico border Tuesday and tried to credit his new wall with stopping both undocumented immigration and the coronavirus. Low turnout for the rally, however, sharpened the focus on Trump’s visit to Arizona, which doubles …

Asylum seekers jam US border crossings to evade Trump policy
5 years, 3 months ago

Asylum seekers jam US border crossings to evade Trump policy

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — For months, asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing their claims at U.S. border crossings under a much-criticized Trump administration policy. The migrants’ efforts are causing traffic delays at Arizona crossings because U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials had to barricade lanes used by cars legally entering the U.S. from Mexico, officials said. In a statement, Customs and …

Donald Trump's 'most salient' campaign promise takes shape as US begins building 700-km-long border wall in Arizona
5 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump's 'most salient' campaign promise takes shape as US begins building 700-km-long border wall in Arizona

Firstpost  

On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just feet from a dry section of Colorado River, a small construction crew is putting up a towering border wall that the government hopes will reduce — for good — the flow of immigrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. Yuma: On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just …

AP Interview: Arizona governor: Many ways to secure border
6 years, 2 months ago

AP Interview: Arizona governor: Many ways to secure border

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. “I don’t think it’s one thing and not the others,” Ducey said on the eve of Arizona’s 2019 legislative session, during a brief interview in his office that touched on numerous issues. Instead, Ducey said a “combination of factors” is needed to make the international boundary more secure, a “border wall where necessary, a physical barrier, …

Dealing with Democrats? Protecting ‘Dreamers’? Here in Arizona that’s just fine with these Trump supporters
7 years, 6 months ago

Dealing with Democrats? Protecting ‘Dreamers’? Here in Arizona that’s just fine with these Trump supporters

LA Times  

Supporters of President Trump in Arizona said they had no problem with him cutting deals Democrats to allow so-called Dreamers to stay in the U.S. Donald Trump’s tough talk on illegal immigration was a big part of the reason Dave Hagstrom and many others in this booming Phoenix suburb supported him for president. “And if they’re good people who are …

Trump defends response to Charlottesville violence at Arizona rally
7 years, 6 months ago

Trump defends response to Charlottesville violence at Arizona rally

Raw Story  

By Jeff Mason and Keith Coffman PHOENIX - President Donald Trump, surrounded by thousands of supporters on Tuesday, defended his response to the violence at a rally organized by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attacked the media for "giving a platform to hate groups." Trump told the friendly crowd at the political rally in Arizona that his words in …

Donald Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric leaves migrants in limbo at US-Mexico border
7 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric leaves migrants in limbo at US-Mexico border

ABC  

The border fence separating the US from Mexico juts into the Pacific Ocean. That has pleased US Border Patrol Agents but has left thousands of migrants in the Mexican border city of Tijuana in limbo as they weigh up whether to risk everything trying to enter Trump's America. "Certainly when he was elected, people were pleased," says Chris Harris, a …

Where Trump’s border rhetoric meets reality
7 years, 9 months ago

Where Trump’s border rhetoric meets reality

CNN  

Story highlights Hurd says his district is a case in point why a complete border wall doesn't make sense The Southern border can change dramatically from mile to mile Del Rio, Texas CNN — “So where would you put a wall?” The question was being posed by a Texas congressman as he gazed out over the crystal blue water, with …

Cuellar, Starr County officials hold border security roundtable
7 years, 10 months ago

Cuellar, Starr County officials hold border security roundtable

Associated Press  

RIO GRANDE CITY — Under pending escalation of border security, which President Donald Trump called for throughout his campaign and presidency, local officials throughout Starr County were given the opportunity to voice their concerns. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, joined Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector Chief Manuel Padilla Jr. and StarrCounty officials, including Starr County Judge Eloy Vera, mayors …

Trump’s first week: For many in Arizona, it doesn’t get any better than this
8 years, 1 month ago

Trump’s first week: For many in Arizona, it doesn’t get any better than this

LA Times  

Arizona voters say perhaps President Trump hasn’t gone far enough, but give it time. — Tara Jenkins, Arizona resident She’s not sure yet whether Trump’s executive orders will immediately secure the border, she said, and she doesn’t want to see refugees in genuine need turned away from the U.S., but she wonders how it’s possible to tell which refugees are …

US border town shrugs off Donald Trump's wall plan along Mexico
8 years, 4 months ago

US border town shrugs off Donald Trump's wall plan along Mexico

Firstpost  

Guadalupe Manrikez sums up the feeling of many in the small US border town of Nogales, when asked about Donald Trump’s promise to build a giant wall dividing the country from Mexico. “And right now we are suffering because the economy in Mexico is down.” ‘Wall won’t stop them’ A recent poll conducted by Spanish-language network Univision, the Dallas Morning …

Donald Trump says US officials letting in illegal immigrants so they can vote
8 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump says US officials letting in illegal immigrants so they can vote

Live Mint  

New York: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday that US officials were allowing illegal immigrants into the United States so they can vote, returning to a core issue as he girded for a crucial second debate against Democrat Hillary Clinton. “They’re letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote”, Trump said during a meeting …

Trump Rally With Sheriff Joe Arpaio Will Be Single Most Anti-Immigrant Event of the Year
9 years, 8 months ago

Trump Rally With Sheriff Joe Arpaio Will Be Single Most Anti-Immigrant Event of the Year

Slate  

Donald Trump will hold a rally in Arizona this weekend with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona Republic reports, a function that has the potential to set a new high water mark for anti-immigration sentiment verbalized at a single Republican primary event. — Donald J. Trump July 10, 2015 There is no more natural a companion for Trump in …

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