The nation’s southern border has become a crucial destination for Republican presidential candidates, alongside the early primary states. Sen. Tim Scott recently visited Yuma, Arizona, to witness firsthand the border situation under the Biden administration.
Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina … and the lettuce-growing fields of Yuma, Arizona?
The senator from South Carolina promised to finish the border wall, add more Border Patrol agents and take the fight to the cartels if he reaches the White House. The candidates gather intelligence on the ground that can get lost in translation between agents on the front lines and politicians and news accounts in Washington.
“That’s when the public really started to take notice of, ‘Hey, there is this major, major problem and the only thing that politicians talk about to solve the problem is to legalize these people that violate our laws,’” Mr.Then came Mr. Trump, who descended on the escalator to announce his campaign in 2015 with a complaint about “rapists” sneaking across the border, a vision of “a great wall” to seal it off — and a promise to have Mexico pay for it.
Presidential hopefuls visit to collect stories they can deploy on the campaign trail to show they understand the suffering of border communities under Mr. Biden.
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