MARY ANN MENDOZA IMMIGRATION REFORM ADVOCATE MONDAY
Mary Ann Mendoza is a passionate advocate for immigration reform because she has experienced the consequences of our failed system. This May marked the second anniversary of her son Brandon’s death. Brandon, a Mesa Police Sergeant, was 32 when a drunk driver traveling on the wrong side of the highway crashed head-on into the car he was driving. The drunk driver was in the United States illegally, and despite being convicted of crimes years earlier, he was not deported. Since her son’s death, Mary Ann Mendoza has become a strong advocate for immigration reform and border security. She also works with The Remembrance Project, an organization that assists family members and friends of those who have been killed by someone who is in the United States illegally.