Tucson Standard

Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, and a presidential candidate, visited Arizona on June 6 to evaluate the intensifying migrant situation at the state's southern border.

"At 2 a.m. this morning, I visited the border outside of Yuma, Arizona, where thousands of migrants are crossing the border each week,” Kennedy wrote in a tweet. “You have to see it with your own eyes."

Kennedy shared a video of himself at the border highlighting the diverse origins of the migrants standing behind him, which he said, included individuals from West Africa, Afghanistan, China, India, Tibet, and more. He noted that approximately 150 people crossed the border in an hour.

According to The Western Journal, Kennedy conducted interviews with migrants and met with law enforcement and other officials. A comparison has been drawn between Kennedy's visit and President Joe Biden's, as Kennedy took a more interactive approach, while Biden's visit involved several photo opportunities, but the president did not directly interact with migrants.

Kennedy emphasized that he supports legal immigration and stronger border security, according to a May 3 tweet.

Kennedy took to Twitter last month to condemn the nation’s war on drugs for worsening the border crisis, Fox News reported.

"U.S.-funded dictators, juntas, paramilitaries, and death squads. Neoliberal extraction of resources. Unpayable debts. It is inhumane and hypocritical to deny immigration while creating the conditions that drive immigration. As president, I will change these policies. That's the only long-term solution to the border crisis," Kennedy wrote in his tweet.

Randy DeSoto, a senior staff writer at The Western Journal, shared Kennedy’s border visit in a tweet on June 7 where he echoed the presidential hopeful’s sentiment that the current environment at the southern border is “unsustainable.”