BORDER ISSUES
Politicians visit Arizona-Mexico border
![U.S. senators Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., (center) and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. (right) visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Arizona, near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.azcentral.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/05/PPHX/72113933007-jaj-7796.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U.S. senators Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., (center) and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. (right) visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Arizona, near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.
Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic![U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., (right) and other senators visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Arizona, near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.azcentral.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/05/PPHX/72113963007-jaj-7742.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., (right) and other senators visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Arizona, near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.
Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic![Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (left) and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, right, attend a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales on March 21, 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.azcentral.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/05/PPHX/72113981007-jaj-39911.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (left) and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, right, attend a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales on March 21, 2023.
Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic![U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., right, visits the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Arizona, near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.azcentral.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/05/PPHX/72114031007-jaj-77634.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., right, visits the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Arizona, near the Cocopah Indian Reservation boundary on Jan. 10, 2023.
Joel Angel Juarez/The RepublicRepublican Senate candidate Kari Lake (right) and Nogales Mayor Jorge Maldonado speak at Lake's “Mama Bear Border Tour" in Nogales on Nov. 21, 2023.
Jose Ignacio Castaneda/The RepublicGovernor Doug Ducey, right, along with local elected officials and various law enforcement, answers questions during a news conference in front of a border gap covered by shipping containers near the Morelos Dam on Sept. 8, 2022, in Yuma.
Antranik Tavitian/The RepublicFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks to his car during a press conference in front of the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista on Feb. 16, 2023, in Hereford, Arizona.
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