Former Arizona governor Jan Brewer, prominent voice on immigration reform, endorses Donald Trump

Source: Washington Post

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was endorsed Saturday by former Arizona governor Jan Brewer, whose hardline positions on immigration reform and tussles with President Obama catapulted her to national prominence during her two terms in office.

“A nation without borders is like a house without walls – it collapses. As Arizona’s Governor, I witnessed too much heartache, loss and suffering caused by illegal immigration,” Brewer said in a statement announcing her endorsement. "For years I pleaded with the federal government to do their job and secure our border. Today, we can elect a President who will do just that -- Donald J. Trump.”

With her endorsement, Brewer delivers Trump the support of a former two-term governor with outsize credibility on immigration issues among Republicans. But she is also someone who managed to walk the fine line Trump seeks as he inches toward the GOP nomination: a prominent voice in the party whose frequent battles with the conservative establishment made her a populist favorite.

The former governor was at the center of a heated debate over immigration reform when she signed a controversial enforcement bill into law in 2010, which was later partially struck down by the Supreme Court. She and President Obama generated headlines in 2012 when they were seen engaging in a heated discussion on a Phoenix airport tarmac during a visit by the president.

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