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Has been updated: January 11, 2023 at 8:00 am
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PHOENIX — Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot is “cautiously optimistic” about immigration reform after a bipartisan group of US senators led by Kirsten Cinema visited the border city in southern Arizona on Tuesday. said.
“After sitting there, I’m going to be cautiously optimistic to be pretty honest with you,” Wilmot said. KTAR News The Gaydos and Chad Show on 92.3 FM.
“We weren’t asked too many questions, as long as they were asking, and that included our tribal partners, other than ‘having a local impact. ”
The sheriff’s comments to the bipartisan delegation also come as Wilmot says border towns need reimbursement funds for local hospitals and solutions to strengthen the environment.
During his visit, he was able to tell senators that whether they wanted it or not, the immigration system needed to be put into force before any changes were made.
“‘We need to get rid of their personal and political ideologies, return to public safety, and strengthen the rule of law,'” Wilmot told delegations.
“I know you don’t like the immigration system, but until then it has to be enforced and you can change it. Once you change it, we’ll handle it.”
Cinema led a group of six Arizona senators and various politicians to address the impact of the border and immigration crisis on neighboring communities.
She said that when they returned to Washington, “we will find ways to increase the support we are offering to our men and women who provide this border patrol, get them back to their jobs, and help them find their jobs.” We’re going to reinvent the way we work. We’re going to create an asylum process, a more efficient, safer and more humane process for people.”
“It is our responsibility to take what we have learned back to Washington, D.C., and discuss it with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to create the swell for this bipartisan process to work it out,” Cinema added. rice field.
