At the Arizona-Mexico border, residents are fed up: ‘The politicians are creating the mayhem’

At the Arizona-Mexico border, residents are fed up: ‘The politicians are creating the mayhem’

People of various political backgrounds in the US state say they are increasingly feeling like pawns in a political game

A few hundred feet from the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, Laura Aldana chuckled at the suggestion – made by both leading presidential candidates – that the region had fallen into chaos.

“Where?” she asked rhetorically. She gestured toward the street outside the downtown formalwear boutique where she works. “There’s almost too little to do here.”

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