Arizona Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari plans to travel to El Salvador in an attempt to visit with a wrongly deported immigrant.
On Wednesday, government officials in El Salvador refused to allow Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who the Trump administration admitted was removed from the U.S. due to an administrative error.
Ansari told BBC News she’s undeterred.
“I think Republicans should be going, Democrats should be going to see what is going on,” she said. “But our goal is to make a trip as effective as possible, to draw attention to this issue, because the truth is, if this can happen to Kilmar Garcia, it can happen to anyone in the United States.”
Ansari criticized what she called President Donald Trump’s “war” on the constitutional right to due process, which is granted to everyone in the U.S., including those without legal status.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is among 24 attorneys general who are speaking out about a Trump administration plan to roll back certain fair housing regulations. -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in metro Phoenix to advocate for the SAVE Act, legislation that would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote — something that’s already state law in Arizona. -
Arizona and the six other states that use the Colorado River do not have a new plan to share the shrinking water supply. -
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will re-issue subpoenas requiring Recorder Justin Heap’s staff to testify about conflicting voter disenfranchisement claims after a judge allows a court order blocking the subpoenas to expire next week. -
Arizonans are speaking out after the Trump administration announced it would rescind the key scientific finding that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to put limits on carbon pollution.
