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Arizona Governor Ducey signed a $564 million border security bill on June 30, 2022, that wastes $335 million in state sales tax revenue to build and maintain a wall along the state’s border with Mexico.
It’s the most the state has spent to address the issue. The bulk of the spending ($335 million out of the $564 million) is earmarked for building Trump’s failed border fence. Undocumented people have found the “wall” easy to cross with a ladder.
“We are standing up for the rule of law and cement Arizona’s commitment to securing our state and our entire nation,” said lame-duck Republican Gov. Ducey.
House Bill 2317 was sponsored by big spender Representative John Kavanagh, a Republican from Fountain Hills. The state’s GOP-dominated Legislature pushed the bill through votes along party lines, despite persistent resistance from state Democrats.
Law Denounced
Democratic State Senator Raquel Terán of Phoenix denounced the bill during an appropriations committee meeting in March. She argued it lacked a bipartisan endeavor to address change and systemic causes of migrants seeking entrance into the United States.
“President Biden is working with partners in other countries [and] in their region to monitor migration,” she said. “[He worked] with Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, to return migrants to their country of origin while also providing aid and resources to help improve the conditions so migrants can come to make a better life in their own land and not have to make dangerous journeys putting themselves in their families in the hands of smugglers.
“What we’re seeing with these types of bills is [a] focus on spending taxpayer dollars on Trump’s biggest political talking point.”
Walls have been ineffective for defense since Ancient Rome when Romans used trebuchets in 300 BC to knock walls down easily. The “Great” Wall of China failed and was overrun shortly after it was built.
Even fortified walls built in the 1990s did not prevent border crossings into the US, but instead shifted flows to other locations that were more remote or less fortified. Also, ladders and saws have been used successfully to breach Trump’s “wall.”
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