The Cinema Roundtable in Bisbee is part of a congressional delegation of US senators and congressmen to visit the southwestern border and witness first-hand the security and humanitarian crisis

BISBEE – Arizona Senator Kirsten Sinema, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Border Control, will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Southwest border to discuss challenges facing Arizona’s border communities. with Cochise County Sheriff Mark Danells and other local leaders.

Cinema includes U.S. Senator Tom Tillis (Republican), Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Arizona), Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas), and Rep. David Baradao (R-California). You have to participate.

“Arizona, especially our small border communities, continue to pay the price for failed federal policies. As we work, we bring our bipartisan partners to Arizona,” said the chairman of the Cinema Senate Border Control Subcommittee.

The Cinema Roundtable is part of a parliamentary delegation she leads to consider challenges at the border with solution-focused, bipartisan lawmakers. Local Cochise County leaders who experience crises on a daily basis joined the discussion, including Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dunnells, Douglas Mayor Donald Hisch, Bisbee Mayor Ken Budge, and Sierra Vista Mayor Claire Mucker, and members of the community, including, provided their views.

About 40% of crimes in Cochise County are border-related, and those crimes cost Arizona taxpayers $4.3 million in 2022, according to Sheriff Dunnells. These border-related crimes include cases of cartel recruitment. young american teenager for dangerous smuggling operations along the border.

During the roundtable, cinema discussed her bipartisanship Fighting Cartels in Social Media Law – A law she introduced with Congressman Siskomani – as a real solution. Helping keep the children of Arizona safe from these cartels.

Late last year, Sinema partnered with Republican Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to boost investment in Border Patrol and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field operations officers. Reassert control of borders through enhanced enforcement, technology, resources and more. Modernize the asylum system. Reform the employment visa system to ensure Japan’s international competitiveness. Approximately 2 million dreamers brought to this country as children establish a pathway to legal citizenship through no fault of their own.

In a December Senate address on her bipartisan proposal, Cinema secured borders and ensured humane treatment of immigrants in the new year by bringing a group of committed senators to the Southwest. We have vowed to keep working to find a way forward into a comprehensive plan for the borders.

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