Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are asking voter to choose between an immigration crackdown and reproductive rights

As their race for the US presidency comes down to the wire, each major candidate has leaned heavily on a favorite theme -- abortion rights for Democrat Kamala Harris and border security for Republican Donald Trump.


In Arizona, their ideological duel has reached a white-hot peak, with both topics the subject of fiercely debated ballot referendums.

And in this key southwestern state -- where the billionaire Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020 by a tiny margin of about 10,500 votes -- every ballot truly will count.

In the mid-sized city of Tucson, hundreds of volunteers in orange T-shirts were going door-to-door to try to persuade voters to back a ballot measure to inscribe abortion rights in the state constitution -- and, while they're at it, to vote for Vice President Harris.


To Grace Ireland, a 26-year-old activist, the abortion restrictions imposed by several Republican-controlled states amount to "a public health crisis that Donald Trump and the Republicans have created."

She added, "Democrats and Kamala Harris are trying to push us forward and protect women's health care and protect our democracy and protect all people."




Une pancarte barrée du slogan "L'indifférence aux élections est dangereuse", à Tucson, en Arizona, le 16 octobre 2024

Since 2022, when the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional protection of federal abortion rights, Ireland, a registered nurse, has worked in several states where abortion is banned or severely limited.

Those restrictions have had sometimes disastrous consequences for women having problem pregnancies or carrying nonviable fetuses when doctors refuse to treat them.

"Women are going septic and dying because they cannot receive the care that they need," she told AFP.

- 'Abortion is murder' -

As Ireland carries her message to potential voters, she noted, particularly to young people who may be less likely to vote, that it was Donald Trump who appointed the three justices who tipped the Supreme Court against abortion rights.




Donald Trump lors d'un meeting à Tempe, en Arizona, le 24 octobre 2024

"It's important to reiterate that Donald Trump and these abortion bans are one and the same," Ireland said.

But in Tucson there is little unanimity among young voters.

"I do think that abortion is murder," said Pedro Lopez, a 20-year-old college student.

"There are cases of incest or rape" that merit exceptions, he conceded, "but that's very small."

He also worries about the flow of undocumented migrants that have entered the country from Mexico during the Biden-Harris administration.

"People that are entering the United States illegally... should be sent back to where they came from," he said.

"My grandparents migrated from Mexico to the United States, and they did it the right way."

So he plans not only to vote for Trump, but to back the proposal to let local law enforcement detain, arrest and prosecute anyone suspected of having entered the country illegally -- powers normally reserved to the border police who work for the federal government.



"I know people that work for the Border Patrol, and they're really upset because this current administration has really tied their hands up. They're not really able to do anything," Lopez said.

- Mixed impact -

The major political parties see the competing referendums as offering an opportunity to mobilize more people to vote -- on ballot questions at the very heart of the two presidential campaigns.




Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside a clinic in Phoenix, Arizona on April 18, 2024

But the referendums may not have the clear impact on the race for the White House that activists hope.

Polls show Trump and Harris running neck-and-neck in Arizona, with the Republican holding a very narrow lead.

Both ballot questions, meantime, have drawn strong support and both appear likely to pass.

So the abortion issue may not be "helping Democrats in the way that they would hope," said Jenny Brian, a professor of bioethics at Arizona State University.

Many Republican women will vote both to protect abortion rights and to bring Trump back to the White House, Brian said.

Though abortion is sometimes framed as a Democrat vs. Republican issue, the Republican Party includes "a broad spectrum of views on the topic," an issue that also raises conservatives' concerns about "government interference," she added.

The same dynamic applies to immigration, with the tougher language on the Arizona ballot question finding support not just among Trump Republicans but also "moderates and even many Democrats," said John Kavanagh, a Republican and an Arizona state senator.

The 74-year-old Kavanagh is unimpressed by Harris's recent toughening on migration, specifically her promise to maintain the partial closing of the border Biden ordered in recent months.

The vice president, Kavanagh said, is "running away faster from her open-border policy than an illegal immigrant that runs away from the Border Patrol."

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The fright flick eclipsed hot contender Terrifier 3 for the top spot.


The Smile sequel starring Scott, 31,  as a pop star who begins experiencing terrifying and inexplicable events as she prepares for a world tour, opened wide in more than 3,600 theaters, pulling in a payday of $23 million.

Ray, whose mom is Nicholson's former partner Rebecca Broussard, shocked fans with an eerie grin in the new movie, which was near-identical to the Oscar-winner's maniacal smile as Jack Torrance in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining.

In a legendary scene, an insane Jack hacks at a bathroom door with an axe as his cowering wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) screams inside. As he busts a hole in the door, he sticks his face through, grins and exclaims: 'Here's Johnny!' in an improvised line.

The original Smile, released in September 2022, and starring Sosie Bacon, was a sleeper hit, which was well received and earned $217,408,513 globally.

Smile 2 has received a 83-percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an 83-percent Popcornmeter rating from audiences. 











Smile 2 stars Jack Nicholson's son Ray (left). In the new horror, he recreated the Oscar-winner's maniacal smile as Jack Torrance in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining





Smile 2's big win at the box office has production companies Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill beaming from ear to ear. The fright flight opened in first place with a payday of $23 million 




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Last week's champ, Terrifier 3 dropped to third place. 

In this latest chapter of the franchise, Art the Clown is determined to slash his way through a small town preparing for the Christmas holidays in order to finish the work he started with a Halloween massacre in Terrifier 2. 

Audiences have enjoyed the chase.  Terrifier 3 kicked up more than $9.3 million in ticket sales. 

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice lost some ground to the new arrivals, but maintained a strong presence at theaters across the nation. 

The haunted tale starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega conjured up an even $5 million and a fourth place finish. 

Landing in fifth place after opening in wider release was We Live in Time. 









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Joker:Folie à Deux continues its descent as audiences lose interested in the Joker sequel. 

After three weeks in theaters, the film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga has landed in sixth place with a take of $2.18 million. 

The movie has yet to cover its $200 million budget, but is inching toward it. So far the comic inspired film has collected $191,942,948 globally. 











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Transformers One parked in eighth place. 




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Transformers One parked in eighth place with earnings of nearly $2 million





Saturday Night, the film about the chaos behind the first ever episode of late night staple Saturday Night Live, dropped in the ratings to ninth place making $1.8 million its fourth weekend in theaters





The Nightmare Before Christmas re-release rounds out the top ten with $1.129 million beneath the tree 

The animated adventure starring the voices of Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry in the origin story for the beloved Optimus Prime and the evil Megatron roared away with nearly $2 million. 

Saturday Night, the film about the chaos behind the first ever episode of late night staple Saturday Night Live, dropped in the ratings to ninth place.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas re-release rounds out the top ten. The Tim Burton animated classic found $1.129 million under the tree, as the film enjoys a renaissance with fans and their progeny celebrating some three decades since  it first appeared in theaters.



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Celine Dion surprised fans by getting soaked with Gatorade on Sunday.


The 56-year-old singer — who recently blasted Donald Trump for using her songs at a campaign rally without permission — had the orange sports drink poured on her during a surprise Sunday Night Football intro appearance.

She referenced her song It's All Coming Back to Me Now while discussing her 'passion' for the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers rivalry while rocking a Super Bowl XXX sweater.

'I think my favorite thing about this game is its power to connect who we are to who we were, to prove our most powerful memories, our most enduring loves can stay with us forever. You know what I'm talking about, right?' she said as her 1996 hit played.

'Sometimes, some nights, it all just comes back,' she added. 'The love affair. Well, maybe not "love" the way I usually sing about it. But still… work with me here.'




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Comparing the song to her emotional ties to the sport she said: 'I mean, "When you touch me like this, when you hold me like that." It kinda fits, no?'

'But really, what beautiful passion it produced, what painful heartbreak it revealed, so, so long ago. Like so many old flames, it always feels right when they're back together. Don't you think?'

The Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers rivalry has been alive since 1976 when the Steelers beat the Cowboys (21-17) during Super Bowl X and Super Bowl XIII (35-31) in 1979. 

But in 1996, the Cowboys reigned supreme in Super Bowl XXX, beating the Steelers 27-17. 

'Like tonight, evoking the kind of magic they once produced. The Cowboys and the Steelers, a timeless classic on Sunday Night,' the My Heart Will Go On singer said.

Later in the video fans get a glimpse of Dion appearing surprised as she got coolers full of Gatorade poured on her.

She was also shown cheering and reveling in the moment while sporting her soaked sweatshirt as liquid dripped off her face.

Earlier on Sunday, the NBC Sports teased her appearance by sharing a clip of the songstress donning the Superbowl sweatshirt on their Tiktok account. 




Later in the video fans get a glimpse of Dion appearing surprised as she got coolers full of Gatorade poured on her





She referenced her song It's All Coming Back to Me Now while discussing her 'passion' for the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers rivalry while rocking a Super Bowl XXX sweater





Comparing the song to her emotional ties to the sport she said: 'I mean, "When you touch me like this, when you hold me like that." It kinda fits, no?'





'But really, what beautiful passion it produced, what painful heartbreak it revealed, so, so long ago. Like so many old flames, it always feels right when they're back together,' she said

They penned in the caption of the teaser clip: 'It's all coming back to Sunday night.' 

The Canadian hitmaker's special appearance comes after she preformed Hymne à l'amour for the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris.

In 2022, the songstress announced she was diagnosed with a serious the neurological condition, stiff person syndrome. 

The rare disorder rare has side affects that appear as muscle spasms and can impact her singing ability. 


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