FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Senate Republicans Applaud SCOTUS for Allowing Texas to Protect its Citizens Against Biden's Border Invasion and Call on Hobbs to do the Same for Arizonans
PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are celebrating the decision made today by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing Texas to arrest and prosecute people for entering the country illegally from the southern border, in an effort to protect their citizens from crimes associated with the Biden Administration's failure to enforce immigration laws.
Senate Republicans are now demanding Governor Katie Hobbs fulfill the obligations of her sworn office by approving legislation mirrored after Texas' S.B. 4, so that local, county, and state law enforcement within Arizona have the same tools to protect our citizens from criminal activity.
"The Arizona Governor has vetoed legislation that would have given Arizona's law enforcement the ability to protect our citizens from the invasion occurring at the southern border. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas' S.B.4 to go into effect shows that the Governor's veto was rash and hasty," said Senate President Warren Petersen. "She will soon have the opportunity to do the right thing, as we will give her another chance to sign this bill into law to protect Arizonans from border-related crimes."
"While Joe Biden continues to neglect the national security crisis of this border invasion that's allowing deadly fentanyl, terrorists, human smugglers, child sex traffickers, rapists, murderers, and other dangerous criminals to forever change our communities and the lives of Arizonans, state legislatures across the country are rightfully overriding the failures of his administration and Arizona is no different," said Senator Janae Shamp, sponsor of the Arizona Border Invasion Act. "We are urging Hobbs to not fail Arizonans again, and to sign our legislation when it hits her desk."
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For more information, contact:
Kim Quintero
Director of Communications | Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus