PHOENIX — Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot is “cautiously optimistic” about immigration reform just after a bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Kirsten Cinema visited the border city in southern Arizona on Tuesday. Said there was.
“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 didn’t get a lot of questions as long as they were asking, and that included tribal partners, other than ‘having a local impact.'”
The sheriff’s comments to the bipartisan delegation come as Wilmot also says border towns need reimbursement funds for local hospitals and solutions to strengthen the environment. .
During his visit, he was able to tell the senators that whether they wanted it or not, the immigration system needed to be put in place before changes could be made.
“‘We need to get rid of their personal and political ideologies, return to public safety, and strengthen the rule of law,'” Wilmot told the delegation.
“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 our colleagues on both sides of the aisle so that this bipartisan process creates the swell to work it out,” Cinema added. rice field.
Day 2 of our bipartisan border trip.
Today we toured the Yuma railroad and saw some gaps in the border fence.I’m proud @senmarkkelly We have resumed construction and secured approval to fill these gaps. pic.twitter.com/9KFrpi6bqS
— Kirsten Cinema (@SenatorSinema) January 10, 2023
