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Arizona has a disproportionate percentage of congressional representatives who are members of what can be dubbed the intransigent caucus: Members who prefer inaction to the concessions and compromises necessary for governing.

Three of Arizona's Republican House members – Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs and David Schweikert – are fixtures in the intransigent caucus. As are Democrats Raul Grijalva and Ruben Gallego.

A border lawmaker had drawn up a plan to pay for the wall in part by fining Mexico and other countries $2,000 for every illegal immigrant caught crossing into the United States.

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, who has made is mark on Washington in just his first term, is pushing a plan that includes the tax on illegals and other ways to pay for the border wall demanded by President Trump.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would help fund a wall along the U.S. southern border by penalizing countries whose citizens illegally enter the United States.

Under the Fund and Complete the Border Wall Act, countries would be penalized $2,000 in foreign aid for each person who illegally crosses into the U.S. Those funds would then be allocated toward border funding.

PHOENIX — An Arizona representative introduced legislation on Tuesday that would fund construction for a U.S.-Mexico border wall in part by cutting foreign aid from the countries of immigrants who illegally enter the country.