Arizona Gov. Ducey to meet with Trump at White House for border talk
May 21, 2018, 9:31 AM
(AP File Photo)
(AP File Photo)
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday night to discuss border security and immigration policies, the governor’s office said.
Ducey and other Republican governors were invited to the dinner to be held in the Blue Room to also talk about safe communities, days after a teenager shot 10 people to death at a high school in Texas.
It’s not the first time Ducey has spoken with the president on community safety. In February, Ducey and other governors talked with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, just two weeks after a deadly school shooting in Florida.
The president supported the idea of arming teachers, but Ducey preferred “teachers teaching.”
The Republican governor had proposed a school safety plan that would have restricted firearms access to “dangerous individuals” and eliminated background check gaps.
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The proposal fell apart in the Legislature because of a provision that would have allowed family members to obtain a court order to remove guns from a person at risk of committing a shooting. That person would also be ordered held for a mental evaluation.
Some legislators were concerned with civil rights violations.
“It didn’t get as far as it should, but we were able to do something around behavior and mental health. But I do think we need tools inside schools,” Ducey told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News.
“We took a big next step,” he said. “We’re going to be addressing school safety in the next session.”
The legislative session ended May 4.
The other governors attending the dinner will be Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Phil Bryant of Mississippi, Susana Martinez of New Mexico and Henry McMaster of South Carolina.
