City of Boise, which says a ban cannot be put in place until there are more shelter beds than unhoused people. Lake wants to ban urban camping in Arizona. That’s how we will encourage people who don’t want to get help, to get help.” And then we’ll expunge that arrest, that arrest record if they agree to get help. So we will arrest people if they’re committing crimes. “And that means we’re gonna start going after crimes. “If refuse to get help, and they’re trespassing, and they are using drugs publicly, any crimes that people commit, we’re gonna do the ‘broken windows policing,’” she explained. Though short-handed police departments across the state could pose a challenge to that plan. Lake says the answer is cracking down on street crime. They’ve gotta have some skin in the game.” And sometimes it takes something called ‘tough love.’ I know, I’ve had friends and relatives who have struggled with addiction. “We’re gonna help them get into treatment. “We’re gonna help people get off the streets,” she said. “You’ve got to put services first, not housing first,” she said, summing up her homelessness plan as “get treatment, go to jail, or get going.” Lake would also take a different approach to tackling homelessness. They’re no longer allowed to run drugs through our border.” We’re gonna send a very loud message on Day 1, that they’re no longer in charge of our border. We’re not going to allow the cartels to control our border anymore. “And we’ll use intelligence and find out where people are coming in. “We will put where we need them, where we have coming in,” said Lake. Instead, her border policy aims to fill remaining gaps in the border wall, create a special ‘border court,’ and use state resources to put more boots on the ground.Īccording to Lake’s website, that entails increasing Arizona National Guard presence at the border and re-purposing the volunteer Arizona Rangers into a group dedicated to border security. Lake doesn’t support busing migrants to sanctuary cities across the country. Constitution, gives the state more authority to protect itself from a threat when the federal government fails to do so. Lake wants to officially declare a border “invasion”-a move which several Republicans say, pointing to the U.S. “Because we have the biggest invasion that this country has ever seen going on at our border.” “We have the most aggressive border plan this country has ever seen,” said Lake. This year, Customs & Border Protection’s Tucson Sector reported new highs in migrant encounters and fentanyl seizures. If elected governor, Kari Lake says she’d be even more active than Ducey at Arizona’s southern border. While on the campaign trail in September, Lake sat down with KGUN 9. (KGUN) - With Doug Ducey reaching his term limit, voters will elect Arizona’s next governor in November.įormer Phoenix news anchor Kari Lake is now a Republican vying for that seat.
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