Jessica Jakel recently registered as a Republican after eight years of being a Democrat. It was the issue of immigration that changed her mind.“There is virtually no border right now,” Jakel said in an interview at Senate candidate Kari Lake’s recent campaign event in Cave Creek.Jakel, a veteran, highlighted a topic that recently has gained traction among conservative lawmakers. The VA has a policy, continued through multiple Democratic and Republican presidential administrations, of contracting with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to process certain medical claims reimbursements.Some Republicans have made efforts to end that agreement, arguing that it cuts into care for veterans, despite the VA’s insistence that’s not true.“I have to go to community care as a veteran to get care because the VA is so backed up. And now (President Joe Biden) is saying illegal immigrants can come to the VA for care?” Jakel said. “I have to wai …
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