Trump projected to win seventh and final swing state Arizona

Arizona had previously been a Republican stronghold, voting red for more than 20 years before Trump lost it to outgoing President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Just over 10,000 votes separated the two candidates.

During this year’s campaign, the president-elect promised mass deportations of undocumented migrants living in the US, and has pledged to seal the border.

He also said he would complete construction of a wall between the US and Mexico, which was started during his first presidency. Mexico borders Arizona for hundreds of miles.

Both Trump and Vice-President Harris visited the state several times, with the former focusing heavily on deportation and the latter on tighter border security and pathways to US citizenship.

The number of crossings at the US southern border hit record levels at the end of last year, during the Biden-Harris administration, before falling in 2024.

There are an estimated 12 million undocumented migrants in the US, and many have lived and worked in the country for decades.

Experts have told the BBC that deportations on the scale Trump has promised would face huge challenges and slow economic growth – he also promised to “end inflation”.

In the run up to US election day, polls had suggested it would be a very tight election – but Trump’s vote share ultimately grew across key demographics.

Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC