US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has taken a tour of the state of Arizona as he tries to overtake rival Hillary Clinton ahead of the state’s Democratic presidential primary.
On Saturday morning, Sanders also toured the US-Mexican border, receiving cheers from people on the other side of the boundary who identified themselves as deported US military veterans.
The independent senator from Vermont promised to expand programs created by US President Barack Obama that protect undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally in the US.
Sanders called the controversy over immigration “trumped up,” referring to insulting remarks by Republican frontrunner Donald Trump about Mexican immigrants and proposing the construction of a wall on the US-Mexican border.
Later Saturday night, Sanders drew a boisterous crowd of about 3,300 to the state fair grounds in Phoenix, according to campaign estimates.
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