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Photos: First Lady Melania Trump visits Tucson
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Photos: First Lady Melania Trump visits Tucson

  • Jun 28, 2018
  • Jun 28, 2018 Updated Aug 11, 2018

First Lady Melania Trump visited Davis-Monthan AFB and the Tucson Sector headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, also on the base, on June 28, 2018.

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump talks with Rodolfo Karisch, Chief Patrol Agent, Tucson Sector Border Patrol, as she visits a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

A child watches Ferdinand in Spanish on a television in a processing center of a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, June 28, 2018, during a visit by first lady Melania Trump. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump talks with border patrol agents as she visits a processing center of a U.S. Customs and border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump talks with Rodolfo Karisch, Chief Patrol Agent, Tucson Sector Border Patrol, as she visits a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump arrives at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, June 28, 2018, en route to a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump arrives at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, June 28, 2018, en route to a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump arrives at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, June 28, 2018, en route to a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

Protesters and media outside a Southwest Key migrant shelter on Oracle Road on June 28, 2018.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

Protesters and media outside a Southwest Key migrant shelter on Oracle Road on June 28, 2018.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Melania Trump

Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump participates in a roundtable discussion as she visits a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) 

Carolyn Kaster

Southwest Key

Southwest Key

Protesters with signs gather outside the Southwest Key immigrant shelter, 1601 N. Oracle Road, on June 28, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Some protesters spoke out against First Lady Melania Trump's visit to Tucson, others about the separation of migrant families.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Southwest Key

Southwest Key

The First Lady's plane arrives in Tucson on June 28, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Some protesters spoke out against First Lady Melania Trump's visit to Tucson, others about the separation of migrant families.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Southwest Key

Southwest Key

Aleksander Stagg holds his sign as he stands with protesters outside the Southwest Key immigrant shelter, 1601 N. Oracle Road, on June 28, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Some protesters spoke out against First Lady Melania Trump's visit to Tucson, others about the separation of migrant families.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Southwest Key

Southwest Key

Signs speaking out in opposition to First Lady Melania Trump strung from a median railing near the Southwest Key immigrant shelter, 1601 N. Oracle Road, on June 28, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Some protesters spoke out against First Lady Melania Trump's visit to Tucson, others about the separation of migrant families.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

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