From Arizona, a media interview unintentionally points to how well the Biden Administration is
handling the immigration issue at the border.
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/insights-into-whats-going-on-with.html
In an interview with a regional daily newspaper in Southern Arizona, a rancher criticizes the Biden administration's handling of the refugee and immigrant problem at the border. Then he and the writer of the piece go on to point out the Border Patrol's increased size and presence, high tech surveillance equipment, cooperation with local law enforcement, a much lower number of immigrants crossing the border than "in the past" (a.k.a. during the Trumpie administration), and a relatively high success rate of apprehension within 5 miles of where they crossed the border.
The newspaper in which this interview was published, the Sierra Vista Herald-Review, is the only daily in Cochise County. It is based in Sierra Vista, a small city adjacent to the county's largest employer, the U.S. Army at Fort Huachuca. Few residents of Sierra Vista or the communities where the majority of residents work at Fort Huachuca, are culturally connected to the rest of Cochise County, including the ranching culture. So it is possible for a conservatively oriented media source to use this as a political issue, stoking fear and drumming up support for their preferred politicians. The newspaper has recently introduced a section they call "Border" for which they produce articles aimed at keeping people "informed" about local immigration issues, with, of course, a conservative bias.
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