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ARIZONA GOVERNMENT NATIONAL ELECTIONS HEALTH & MEDICINE IMMIGRATION POLITICS / Modified jul 11, 2025 9:37 a.m.

Massive ICE funding increase, Medicaid cuts, and unexpected drama in the CD7 race

ICE's staggering $75 billion funding increase and cuts to Medicaid with the "Big, Beautiful Bill," plus CD7 news.

ICE's staggering $75 billion funding increase and cuts to Medicaid with the "Big, Beautiful Bill," the DOJ releasing fliers asking immigrants to self-deport, and the unexpected drama of Arizona's CD7 race.

John Washington of Arizona Luminaria, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Sentinel, Caitlyn Schmidt of Tucson Spotlight, and Danyelle Khmara of AZPM News join host Steve Goldstein to spill all the tea on this week's top news stories in southern Arizona.

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ARIZONA GOVERNMENT NATIONAL ELECTIONS HEALTH & MEDICINE IMMIGRATION POLITICS
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