BISBEE, Arizona — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) made an impassioned plea for congressional immigration reform Wednesday, saying residents in her state have been unfairly affected by the Biden administration's executive changes over the last two years.
Sinema, who hosted a bicameral group of GOP lawmakers in eastern Arizona, pointed to rancher John Ladd, whose experience living on the border had changed from president to president over several decades despite no policies having been approved by Congress.“That's not fair," Sinema said during a press conference at the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department office following a meeting with local officials.
Mayor Clea McCaa came to the meeting from Sierra Vista, a town of 45,000 residents about 20 miles west of Bisbee, that has been hard hit by daily human smuggling traffic. “I’m so fearful that the chief of police is going to call my phone and say, ‘Hey, sir, we had another fatality,’” McCaa told the Washington Examiner in an interview after the meeting.
Several of the group’s members, including Tillis and Gonzales, said immigration reform and border security must be dealt with together because they go hand and hand and greatly affect one another.
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