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I lived in Yuma for many, many years. Hot as hell there. And the state Republicans always gave them rotten congressional representation through crazy redistricting that diluted the military vote. Mo Udall, Ed Pastor, Raul Grijalva...yechh.
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I, too, lived in Yuma for many, many years. I left when Buckwheat got “elected”. Hot it is, but I love the Yuma area.

I cannot knock Mo Udall. When my Honduran wife was trying ti immigrate LEGALLY into the US in the late 1980s, the INS was giving us a real bad time because she was from Central America. I did everything proper, paid all the fees, submitted all necessary paperwork, but they “lost” everything THREE TIMES. Out of desperation I contacted Mo Udall’s office. I was greatly surprised when he called me at my home personally and offered to come to Yuma and meet me in person. We made an appointment to meet, and he actually went out of his way to come talk with ONE constituent face to face.

Representative Udall told me the actions of the INS were just standard procedure to discourage immigration from certain “undesirable” places. He asked to see all my paperwork, then asked if I would mind if he filed them again IN HIS NAME. Of course I agreed to do that. Less than two weeks later I got a very terse call from the INS office in San Luis, Arizona, demanding I come there ASAP. It’s only about a twenty minute drive, so I went immediately, and when I walked into the office and identified myself, there was a man standing with my files open in his hand. No one said hello, good morning, kiss my butt or anything, only “WHY did you have Representative Udall file these papers?” At that point I knew I had nothing else to lose, so I said “I’ve filed them three times, and three times you LOST THEM. I just wanted someone with some clout to get your attention!”

The INS officer stood looking at me for about twenty seconds, said nothing, turned to his desk, picked up a rubber stamp, stamped the file, and it was done. For that reason I cannot knock Mo Udall.