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2022

Matt Salmon’s Desperate Stunt: The Border Tent City Idea

TL/DR - Matt Salmon, a candidate in the Republican race for governor in Arizona, has suggested building a 'Tent City' on the U.S.-Mexico border to house immigrants, a move critics see as a desperate stunt. The proposed border Tent City would be similar to a controversial outdoor jail built in 1993 by former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, which…