Arizona Gov Signs Bill To Build Mexico Border Wall

Courthouse News reports:

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a $564 million border security bill Thursday that allocates $335 million in state sales tax revenue to build and maintain a wall along the state’s border with Mexico.

House Bill 2317, sponsored by Representative John Kavanagh, a Republican from Fountain Hills, also directs funds to address drug and human trafficking, border surveillance and the prosecution and imprisonment of anyone found committing border-related crimes.

It’s the most the state has spent to address the issue. The state’s GOP-dominated Legislature pushed the bill through votes along party lines, despite persistent resistance from state Democrats.

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Arizona’s border with Mexico is 372 miles long.

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