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Is Arizona shifting its attitudes on immigration?
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Aug 31, 2016
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Is Arizona shifting its attitudes on immigration?
Daniel Gonzalez of the Arizona Republic gives insight into how people in Arizona are feeling about immigration right now.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: People protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Later this morning the high court will hear arguments on Arizona v. United States and will be tasked with deciding the conflicting roles of national and state governments in controlling the lives of noncitizens living illegally in the U.S. while deciding the constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law SB 1070.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: People protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Later this morning the high court will hear arguments on Arizona v. United States and will be tasked with deciding the conflicting roles of national and state governments in controlling the lives of noncitizens living illegally in the U.S. while deciding the constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law SB 1070. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Daniel Gonzalez of the Arizona Republic gives insight into how people in Arizona are feeling about immigration right now.

After a meeting in Mexico, Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence will appear at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona on Wednesday.

This will be Trump's fifth campaign appearance in the state and he's said he plans to discuss his signature issue: immigration.

is an immigration reporter with the Arizona Republic. He says that since SB 1070 was passed in 2010, attitudes about immigration seem to have shifted.

"I think we do still have a lot of people in Arizona who are uncomfortable with the demographic changes that have taken place here in the last 20 years. It's a state that experienced a lot of demographic changes in a short amount of time. That created a lot of anxiety here in schools and public safety and hospitals," Gonzalez said. "But in a lot of ways I think people have become more accustomed to the changes that were taking place. There's not as deep of a resentment, or anxiety that used to be. SB 1070 was really kind of the high watermark for the bills that the state was passing."   

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