By Anthony Marroquin | Cronkite News
Arizona and Mexico are moving forward and forging closer ties, despite heated presidential campaign rhetoric, according to some leading business and Republican leaders in the state.
Some leaders in Arizona, known for anti-Mexican immigrant legislation, are challenging billionaire Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee frontrunner and his plan to force Mexico to pay for a larger, “beautiful” wall along the entire southwest border. To do so, he has said he would change a rule under the USA Patriot Act antiterrorism law that would cut off remittances- money sent to Mexico by immigrants through money transfers, usually to family members.