Katie Hobbs, a Democrat in Arizona, plans to expand border security operations along the state's four border counties, adding to the destruction of cross-border criminal organizations (TCOs). I'll add it.
Hobbs signed the executive order on Tuesday, and Desert, a joint task force that will partner with local law enforcement, sheriffs and the federal government to disrupt TCO's operations in Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cocheese counties. He established Operation Guardian.
“I'm proud to launch Operation Guardian in the Desert to fight cartels, to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking, and to secure the Arizona border,” Hobbs said. “My administration is in touch with the federal government and local sheriffs about its operation to keep criminals and drugs out of the Arizona community, its important purpose, and our shared commitment.”
Hobbs added that the operation's purpose includes identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities along Arizona's tropical borders, as well as fighting border-related crime committed by TCOS. To do so, Hobbs said the joint task force will dismantle the TCO supply chain and operational network.
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order on Tuesday, establishing a desert guardian operation to help take over the Mexican cartel and secure the border. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Funding for Operation Desert Guardian comes from a portion of the state's Border Protection Fund, which has a balance of $28 million.
The operation is based on a collaboration between Task Force Safe (to stop the fentanyl epidemic in Arizona), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Arizona National Guard, and will allow drugs to enter Arizona at the port of entry. I'll stop it.
Since its launch in July 2024, Task Force Safe has intercepted 19 million fentanyl tablets, 6,598 pounds of illegal drugs and 237 weapons at the border.
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The Arizona Department of Public Safety seized more than 26 pounds of fentanyl tablets at a Border Patrol checkpoint near Gilavend in 2022. (Arizona Department of Public Safety)
“I have been working together safely and productively with the federal government and the task force, and have partnered with local law enforcement to provide important border security assistance. Continued on shared border security priorities. “We look forward to the partnership,” Hobbs said. “We believe that Operation Desert Guardian will allow us to take important next steps in our ongoing work to ensure our borders.”
After President Donald Trump was re-elected for a second term in November, Hobbs said Arizona would not support the incoming administration with a “misplaced” plan to launch a massive deportation operation.
She was asked by ABC News whether the Trump administration would bring a reset to the border, and she responded by focusing on current partnerships with the federal government to secure the border.
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Migrants on the southern border encountered in Arizona (US Border Patrol)
“I am very hoping that the partnership can continue and that the coming administration will listen not only to my administration, but also to the experts here, the people who work, what they need most, and us. “We're able to continue doing that and it will be the most useful in securing our borders,” she said.
“What I say is, as governor, I am the effort that is part of the false policy that harms our community, threatens our community, terrorizes our community, and Arizona has made them That means not tolerating efforts to not participate.”
State Republicans have different plans, and in January, Republican Senate President Warren Petersen demands that the Sheriff's Office and the Arizona Department of Corrections sign a cooperation agreement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency We have introduced the “AZ ICE Method.” (ice).
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On December 7, 2023, after crossing the US-Mexican border in Lukeville, Arizona, immigrants line up at the US Remote Border Patrol Processing Center. (John Moore/Getty Images)
This agreement is based on 287(g) of the Immigration Nationality Act, and ICE may delegate certain immigration functions to state and local law enforcement officers, including the identification and detention of suspected illegal immigration. .
Petersen's bill requires law enforcement to comply with ice detainees. This requires that the ice be notified when illegal immigrants are released from state or local custody. The “sanctuary” jurisdiction is not compliant with detainees.
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After Trump took office on January 20th, he quickly signed numerous executive orders to tackle border security and illegal immigration.
Some local jurisdictions have pledged support for the measure, while other officials have pledged to resist or not comply with planned deportation operations.
Adam Shaw of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
