Sen. McSally meets with Sheriff and border agents at Yuma border sector

Following her visit to the Tucson border sector Tuesday, Senator Martha McSally is in Yuma Wednesday to visit the border and talk with key leaders throughout our agriculture community.

Watch Sen. Martha McSally speak at the Customs and Border Protection station in Yuma Wednesday afternoon.

Sen. McSally met with Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, an advocate for stronger border security at the Yuma Border Sector. They toured the site where 376 migrants tunneled under border fencing.

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“Governments responsibility first and foremost is public safety and the protection of the citizens that we serve,” Sheriff Leon Wilmot said in a Jan. interview with KSWT. “Get the politics out of public safety, you should never embed the two.”

Sen. McSally agreed on Sheriff Wilmot’s stance.

“Border security used to be a unifying issue, it used to be a bi-partisan issue and that includes barriers where they are needed and what is on the proposal for the next 8 months of funding is additional barriers and replacement barriers like we saw where the breach happened this week,” said Sen. McSally.

She also met with all Yuma County mayors. They discussed cross-border commerce, land exchange, military assets and programs as well as the Drought Contingency Plan according to the Senator’s Twitter account.

Thank you to the Yuma County mayors for meeting with me! We discussed cross-border commerce, land exchanges, military assets & programs, as well as the Drought Contingency Plan. pic.twitter.com/TCMe1HH7hm

— Martha McSally (@SenMcSallyAZ) January 23, 2019

The Senator who recently asked to have her pay withheld throughout the government shutdown met with district irrigation leaders Wednesday afternoon to discuss Arizona water issues. She also held a round table with farmers to talk about the Food and Drug Administration’s response to the 2018 E.coli outbreak.

Great meetings in Yuma this morning. I met with irrigation district leaders on #AZwater issues and later met with agricultural leaders on E. coli and Yuma County farming. pic.twitter.com/66kWsSCq03

— Martha McSally (@SenMcSallyAZ) January 23, 2019

The Senator added she has had discussions with the Bureau of Reclamation in regards to water in the desert southwest. She also addressed the drought contingency plan that will be due in the coming days.

“There is concern that the time is running out for the state to finalize their plan and if the state cannot do that then the Federal government will step in,” said Sen. McSally.

She also met with Yuma County 4-H, a youth development organization that provides life skills for future success throughout our society.

Thanks to the @YumaCounty4H Ambassadors for welcoming me to Yuma! pic.twitter.com/C8YkrZwX8S

— Martha McSally (@SenMcSallyAZ) January 23, 2019

In a letter to the Financial Clerk of the United States Senate, Sen. McSally requested that her paychecks are withheld until the end of the partial government.