I am Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers. I am fighting for Arizona every day- including finishing the wall! Do you think that's a good idea?
President Trump was 100% right to build the wall in Arizona. The flood of illegals is killing our state and causing true hardships for our people.
He built over 450 miles of wall!
It is an act of barbarity that the Biden regime stopped building the wall. That act has harmed Arizonans in untold ways- crime, drugs, human trafficking, all of it.
Well, we have had enough. Last session, I introduced a bill to fund construction of the wall to close the gaps.
Now, Arizona is building the wall to close the gaps in the overrun Yuma sector!
FOX News reports:
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday issued an executive order to fill gaps in the border wall in Yuma with shipping containers topped with razor wire, saying that the state "can’t wait any longer."
Ducey signed an order that directs the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to fill gaps in the border wall in the Yuma sector — where there has been a significant increase in migrant encounters in particular.
The construction, which began hours later, consists of 60 double-stacked shipping containers, welded shut and topped with four feet of razor wire. His office said that it is 22 feet tall and weighs nearly 9,000 lbs.
"Arizona has had enough," Ducey said in a statement. "We can’t wait any longer.
Ducey went on to blame the Biden administration’s "lack of urgency on border security," calling it a "dereliction of duty."
"For the last two years, Arizona has made every attempt to work with Washington to address the crisis on our border. Time and time again we’ve stepped in to clean up their mess. Arizonans can’t wait any longer for the federal government to deliver on their delayed promises," he said.
Ducey’s office said that the project is expected to be completed over the weekend.
There have been more than 200,000 migrant encounters along the southern border in each of the last four months. Recent data obtained by Fox News show that Yuma Sector has seen a 242% increase in encounters so far this fiscal year compared to last year.
The whole border in Arizona still has lots of holes. We need to step up and seal it and that will take political will!
PAID FOR BY WENDY ROGERS FOR AZ SENATE
Wendy Rogers is a retired member of the Air Force. Use of military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or the Department of Defense.
