Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said on Monday that she would work with President-elect Donald Trump on border-related issues such as stopping the illegal importation of fentanyl, although she signaled she would resist policies such as mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
Throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump has vowed to mobilize the state to deport illegal immigrants en masse. On Monday morning, he confirmed on social media that he would consider declaring a national emergency to initiate the policy after taking office.
Hobbs traveled to the U.S.–Mexico border on Monday to tout her state’s National Guard working to help crack down on smuggling of the deadly synthetic opioid into the United States through Nogales, Arizona. More than half of all border seizures of the drug are made in Nogales….