Border state governor vows to defy Trump's ‘misguided’ mass deportation push

Arizona's Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says the borderline state, which voted for President-elect Donald Trump successful the statesmanlike predetermination this month, volition not beryllium aiding the incoming medication with its "misguided" program to motorboat a wide deportation operation.

Hobbs was asked by ABC News astir whether the Trump medication volition bring a reset connected the border, and she responded by focusing connected existent partnerships with the national authorities to unafraid the border. 

"I americium precise hopeful that that concern tin continue, and that the incoming medication volition perceive to, not lone my administration, but the experts present connected the ground, the radical that are doing the enactment astir what is astir needed, and what we tin proceed to bash that volition beryllium astir adjuvant successful securing our border," she said.

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ICE agents behaviour an enforcement cognition successful the U.S. interior connected June 2, 2022. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

She past added, "What I volition unequivocally accidental is that, arsenic governor, I volition not tolerate efforts that are portion of misguided policies that harm our communities, that endanger our communities, that terrorize our communities, and Arizona volition not instrumentality portion successful those."

Trump made launching a wide deportation cognition a cardinal portion of his 2024 statesmanlike campaign, and his modulation squad has already started making plans connected the logistics of the operation. On Monday, Trump said helium was unfastened to declaring a nationalist exigency and utilizing subject assets to marque it happen.

When pressed connected the deportations, Hobbs’ was asked if authorities constabulary and National Guard would assistance with deportations.

"We volition not beryllium participating successful misguided efforts that harm our communities, and I've been incredibly wide astir that," she said.

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Arizona Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial campaigner Katie Hobbs speaks astatine a property league calling for termination rights extracurricular the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse connected Oct. 7, 2022 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

She cited the diversion of resources and instrumentality enforcement arsenic 1 of the reasons she opposes those operations.

"I deliberation the diversion of instrumentality enforcement from the enactment that they bash each time to support our communities safe, radical hiding successful fearfulness – we saw that nether erstwhile authorities policies present – and it it harms communities. It tears families apart. And we're not going to…that's not going to hap connected my watch," she said.

She is the latest Democratic authoritative to committedness not to assistance the Trump medication with deportations. Earlier this week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the sanctuary metropolis would not beryllium cooperating with the deportation operation, aft Mass. Gov. Maura Healey has promised to usage "every instrumentality successful the toolbox" to support residents.

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Officials elsewhere crossed the U.S. person made akin claims, but Hobbs' comments are important since it is not lone a borderline state, but besides a plaything authorities that voted for Trump successful the caller election.

Trump’s squad person indicated they volition transportation retired the plan, adjacent without the enactment of those Democratic officials.

Tom Homan, who was appointed to beryllium the "border czar" by President-elect Trump, said precocious that those officials should get retired of the way.

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"If you don’t privation to enactment with us, past get the hellhole retired each the way. We’re going to bash it,’ helium said.