PHOENIX – Arizona National Guard members deployed to the border by Gov. Katie Hobbs will be more limited in their authority than if they’d been sent under federal orders, according to a former Border Patrol official.
“I’m glad she’s doing something, but it’s going to be very limited,” Chris Clem, former chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma, told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Gaydos and Chad Show on Friday.
“They can’t operate a port of entry. They can’t determine immigration and status, so it’s really going be more of a, maybe, a show of force at this point.”
Why did Gov. Katie Hobbs deploy Arizona National Guard to border?
Clem was reacting to Hobbs’ executive order to mobilize the Arizona Natio …
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