Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway endorsed Ruben Gallego on Wednesday, calling the Democratic congressman a friend to law enforcement.
, a Democrat who represents a dark blue county in the battleground state, endorsed Gallego on Wednesday, calling the Democratic congressman a friend to law enforcement.
“Ruben Gallego has been a longtime ally to Arizona’s border law enforcement agencies and communities, working to deliver the funding we desperately need to have a secure but profitable border — where other politicians simply use the idea of the border for personal political gain. Ruben is different,” Hathaway said in a statement provided to the“Arizona’s border communities and law enforcement need Ruben Gallego in the U.S. Senate. I am proud to endorse his campaign.
From October 2023 through January 2024, Tucson sector border patrol agents encountered more than 250,000 migrants crossing into Arizona, exceeding the sectors of Del Rio in Texas and San Diego in California. “Keeping Arizonans safe will always be my top priority, which is why I’m honored to have Sheriff Hathaway’s support,” Gallego said in a statement. “A proven leader committed to increasing public safety and reducing crime, he knows the importance of both securing our border and maintaining a beneficial trade relationship with Mexico.”CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
National polling continues to show the public believes immigration is one of the most important problems facing the country. Areleased in late February found eight in 10 people across partisan lines saw illegal immigration as at least a somewhat serious problem. Sixty-one percent of all respondents say it’s a very serious problem. Among Republicans, 91% see illegal immigration as a very serious issue, compared with 58% of independents and 41% of Democrats.
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