South Tucson is a tiny, one-square-mile city inside Tucson 🌵🤏 that most people don’t even know is its own city 🏙️🤫. Its mayor, Roxanna Valenzuela 👩💼, went on a local TV show called The Press Room 📺🎙️ to talk about the big challenges her community is facing 🧗♀️.
She explained why the city decided to get rid of special cameras that read license plates 📸🚗🚫 — because many residents, mostly people of color, were scared the cameras could help immigration agents find and arrest their family members 👮♂️😰👨👩👧👦.
She also talked about how South Tucson lost its only grocery store 🛒❌ and is struggling to pay for basic city services 💸🆘…