U.S. Senator Jon Kyl: “I support Congresswoman McSally”
It’s been six years since U.S. Senator Jon Kyl served in the U.S. Senate. Now, he’s back after stepping in for the late John McCain. Wednesday, Sen. Kyl made his way to Yuma to celebrate the opening of the new pedestrian building at the San Luis Port of Entry.
During the visit, News 11 spoke with the senator one-on-one about a multitude of topics. When asked about how the new building would help the San Luis Port of Entry, Sen. Kyl said it’ll keep crossing efficient.
“When you’ve got the number of farm workers that you do coming every day from Mexico to the United States and back again, you need to have a facility that accommodate a lot of people,” Sen. Kyl said.
The conversation didn’t stop there. With the midterm elections in the final stretch, News 11 asked Sen. Kyl who he wanted beside him during his time in the Senate.
“You need to know as a Republic I support Congresswoman McSally… she’s a very energetic, very effective person. I support her. One thing we can be proud of is the fact that Arizona will have its first woman Senator regardless of what happens in the election,” he added.
According to Senator Kyl, Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls reached out to him after several hundred migrants were released out of ICE custody and into our county. That prompted both Sen. Kyl and Senator Jeff Flake to write a letter to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary to see what could be done in our area.
“The Mayor of Yuma contacted me and said the community is just not big enough to accommodate a large number of crossers… I asked if there was anything the federal government could do to help alleviate the burden on the community if large numbers crossed and hopefully we get that information from her,” Sen. Kyl said.
Of course, we had to ask him the million-dollar question.
“Any plans to stay longer than expected in the Senate?” News 11 reporter Blake Keller asked.
“Well, I’ll discuss that with the governor. My family and I are really honored to serve the state again. How long I continue to do that will be a matter between my family and me and the governor and I’ll be visiting with him about that later this year,” he said.
Senator Kyl also said once he returned to Arizona from Washington, Yuma was one of his first stops, as Yuma residents have been receptive to him and supportive of his political career.
He adds that while in Washington, he worked on unfinished legislation left behind by Senator John McCain.
