US EditionGOP bill could reimburse states for border spending
- Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that provides funds to compensate states for costs incurred addressing border security during the Biden administration.
- Arizona Republicans allocated $196 million to the Doug Ducey administration's effort to create a barrier along the border by stacking roughly 2,200 shipping containers, following federal government inaction amid rising illegal crossings and drug trafficking.
- Republican lawmakers, including Representative Abe Hamadeh and Senate President Warren Petersen, criticized the Biden administration for allowing increased illegal immigration and cartel activity.
- Hamadeh stated that due to the Biden administration’s deliberate actions contributing to a surge of undocumented immigrants and dangerous narcotics, Arizona’s Republican leaders took significant measures and incurred substantial costs to safeguard the local population.
- The reimbursement bill signals federal recognition of states’ financial burdens from border security, while Arizona Democrats, including Governor Katie Hobbs, opposed the wall and called it a political stunt.
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Mean Arizona Recouping $196M
By Chris Woodward Federal and state lawmakers in Arizona are responding to news that the state could recoup money spent by the Doug Ducey administration to turn shipping containers into a border wall. The former governor, who's a Republican, used $196 million for the makeshift border wall, which involved approximately 2,200 shipping containers. The wall...
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Trump's 'big beautiful bill' could mean Arizona recouping $196M
(The Center Square) - Federal and state lawmakers in Arizona are responding to news that the state could recoup money spent by the Doug Ducey administration to turn shipping containers into a border wall.
GOP bill could reimburse states for border spending
Arizona could be reimbursed after spending millions of dollars on a temporary border wall built out of shipping containers. The reimbursement would come from the spending bill approved last week by the House of Representatives. In 2022, then-Governor Doug Ducey used 2,200 shipping containers to fill gaps in the border wall near Nogales.
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