With immigration cited as a key issue for voters ahead of the US presidential election, Arizona, the only swing state bordering Mexico, has become something of a battleground. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have visited the state in recent weeks, posing for photos and delivering speeches. But for some residents near the wall, the reduction of immigration to little more than a political football is raising concerns.
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00:00I can't emphasize enough, it is not a political issue.
00:23They're making it a political issue.
00:25It's an issue that, it's a humanitarian issue, and it's a security issue.
00:29And it's a future of our country issue, and it needs to be taken care of and put the political
00:34parties aside.
00:52People have even written that it's one of the unsafest places to live.
00:57It saddens me, because I've lived here almost, I mean, since I was three.
01:02So to me, it's all my life.
01:05I've never felt that way, never, never have I been scared.
01:24We're sort of blessed, because we get our Mexicans that come and shop.
01:31We get the people from all the surrounding areas come and shop.
01:36So to me, it's a blessing.
01:38You know, we have an opportunity to touch the lives of many diverse people.
01:48A lot of people coming through, like, leaving trash and not even knowing where they're going,
02:00just getting lost.
02:01A lot of people dying, it's not fun to see someone die without water.
02:05We had the floodgates opened with Biden and Kamala Harris, because as soon as they came,
02:11So it's come one, come all.