Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema Leads Group of US Senators Along Southern Border
Yuma, Alice. – Politicians, tribal leaders, heads of local humanitarian groups Arizona’s Yuma The county called a politically diverse delegation of senators from across the United States to pass immigration reform amid rising immigrant arrivals that could overwhelm local resources.
Arizona Sen. Kristen CinemaTexas Senator John Cornyn, an independent and Republican, led an eight-man delegation to Yuma the day after making a similar visit to El Paso, Texas.
The two-state tour comes amid calls for Washington to find new ways to deal with the growing number of people arriving at the southern border of the United States from around the world.Continue President Joe Biden Visits El Paso Sunday, en route to the North American Summit in Mexico City.
Efforts to pass major immigration reform in Congress have repeatedly stalled in recent years.
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“This is a very difficult issue, but this is a group of senators with a history of getting things done,” Cinema said.
Hundreds of people from various countries such as Russia, Georgia, India and Nicaragua arrive daily at the US-Mexico border in Yuma County seeking asylum. Just a few years ago, Yuma was a sleepy place on the border with about 8,000 arriving each year.
“This is a really big challenge. This is a global problem that we are going through,” said Border Health, Inc., which helps transport new arrivals so they can be reunited with relatives in the United States. said Amanda Aguirre, president and CEO of the regional center of . while waiting for their asylum application to be heard.
Republican Yuma Mayor Doug Nichols has repeatedly called on Washington leaders to come up with lasting policy changes.
“We’re not going to run out of money,” Nichols said, adding that the additional funding was “just a stopgap measure.”
Democratic Arizona Senator John Kerry also visited the border multiple times during his two-year tenure. State’s Jerry Moran was included. Delaware Rep. Chris Coons and Connecticut Rep. Chris Murphy.
Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kirsten Cinema.
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