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WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers vowed to fight the loss of any funding at Luke Air Force Base, where up to $40 million in construction projects could be tapped for border wall funding under President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.
Pentagon officials have not said where they plan to get the $3.6 billion the president wants redirected toward the wall, but Luke projects are among the $8.2 billion in the military construction budget for this fiscal year, according to data released by the House Appropriations Committee.
LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ -- Phoenix Congressman Greg Stanton says the nation is in uncharted territory as President Trump attempts an end run around Congress to fund a border wall.
After signing a spending bill that included no money for the wall, President Trump declared a national emergency. By doing so, he now has access to $21 billion in military construction funds.
Rep. Greg Stanton has joined the chorus of condemnations against President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for the border wall, arguing it jeopardizes one of the Phoenix metro area's key economic engines - Luke Air Force Base.
Stanton, D-Ariz., said on Sunday that Trump's border emergency plan puts at risk $40 million in construction projects, including a new aircraft maintenance facility.
As Congress and the president face off over immigration reform, recent developments in Arizona could help Dreamer employees and their employers.
The state announced that Dreamers can now possess a valid Arizona driver's license, making it possible to drive to and from work.
Dreamers represent a valuable workforce in Arizona, said Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump used his first speech to a divided Congress Tuesday to call for unity, with a pledge to "work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs" and a plea to "govern not as two parties, but as one nation."
"The agenda I lay out this evening is not a Republican agenda or a Democratic agenda," Trump said at the outset of his State of the Union address. "It is the agenda of the American people."
PHOENIX – As an undocumented immigrant, Ellie Perez isn't allowed to work in Congress.
But the Phoenix woman whose parents brought her to the U.S. when she was 4 will be inside the Capitol on Tuesday when President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address.
Perez, who was born in Mexico, will be the guest of Rep. Greg Stanton, the Arizona Democrat announced Friday.
Ellie Perez, an undocumented "Dreamer" from Phoenix, will be attending Tuesday's State of the Union address with a mix of excitement and trepidation.
It will be her first time on Capitol Hill, even though she worked on the political campaign for U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, a freshman Democrat from Arizona.
While excited about the opportunity, Perez also is worried President Donald Trump might use his State of the Union speech to continue his vilification of undocumented immigrants to drum up public support for border wall funding.
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - As the nation gears up for the president's State of the Union address Tuesday, many Arizonans are packing up and getting ready to head to Washington.
"When he gave me a call, he said, 'How do you feel about going to State of the Union?' And there was a part of me that said, 'Are you serious?'" Perez said.
It will be among the many firsts for her; she was the first undocumented City of Phoenix employee and is the first undocumented member of the Democratic National Committee.
She also worked for Stanton's campaign.
The 116th Congress was sworn in on January 3. Since then, The Point newsletter has been conducting a series of interviews with some of its fresh new faces. Today, we're interviewing Democrat Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona.
Washington (CNN) – Rep. Greg Stanton, an Arizona Democrat, was recently tapped to serve on the committee of transportation and infrastructure, and the judiciary.