Candidate for U.S. Senate Kari Lake has been vocal about her stance on the border for years, saying the U.S. needs to be tougher when it comes to people crossing into America illegally.
Independent U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema recently introduced a bill that would change protocols when it comes to migrants crossing illegally. The bill is also part of a package that would give aid to foreign wars in Ukraine and Israel.
However, Lake feels like the bill does not address Americans’ needs. Lake feels as if the money that is proposed to go abroad could be put into funding pay raises for border patrol and teachers.
“The people in Washington D.C. are so tone deaf, so out of touch with the American people, that they think at this time while we’re dealing with the biggest invasion we’ve ever had in our country, that they should be funding foreign wars. It’s a slap in the face to the people of Arizona,” Lake said.
The bill would also suspend asylum screenings temporarily if border crossings went over 5 thousand people a day.