Tucson Spotlight editor and publisher Caitlin Schmidt appeared on Arizona Public Media's "The Press Room" with host Steve Goldstein and guests John Washington of the Arizona Luminaria, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Sentinel and AZPM's Danyelle Khmara.

The panel discussed ICE's staggering $75 billion funding increase and cuts to Medicaid with the "Big, Beautiful Bill," the DOJ releasing fliers asking immigrants to self-deport, and the unexpected drama of Arizona's CD7 race.

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