Eleven Republican attorneys general held a press conference on Arizona’s border with Mexico on Wednesday to discuss the status of illegal immigration since Donald Trump resumed the presidency. The group was very optimistic about the decreases in illegal immigration and related crimes such as fentanyl dealing.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach opened the remarks, noting that he co-sponsored Arizona’s SB 1070 in 2010 with the late State Senator Russell Pearce. He said the tough illegal immigration law “really put Arizona on the map as the state that was leading state level efforts to stop illegal immigration and assist the federal government in the intervening 15 years.”
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