Arizona Senate Republicans Condemn Violent Anti-ICE Riots, Call on Hobbs, Mayes to Cooperate with Trump Administration on Deportations

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Monday, June 9, 2025

Arizona Senate Republicans Condemn Violent Anti-ICE Riots,

Call on Hobbs, Mayes to Cooperate with Trump Administration on Deportations

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Arizona Senate Republicans are condemning the violence unfolding in Southern California in response to deportations being carried out by the federal government. The state lawmakers are now calling on Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes to cooperate with the Trump Administration with enforcing federal immigration laws to keep Arizona communities safe from harm.

"What's unfolding in California under their radical leftist government is an atrocity. These are not protests. These are violent riots being carried out by criminal thugs with no regard for public safety," said Senate President Warren Petersen. "If protests here in Arizona escalate to rioting, the Hobbs Administration and Attorney General Mayes must be prepared to take action. I am calling on the governor and the attorney general to honor the oath of office they swore to uphold by cooperating with the Trump Administration on enforcement of federal immigration laws, deportations of criminal illegal aliens, and to hold accountable those who violate state laws when demonstrations spiral out of control."

"Complete and total chaos is ensuing in California, and Democrat elected officials, including Arizona's own Governor Hobbs, are banding together in support of this violence," said President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope. "It is maddening that Hobbs would sign onto a letter from California's Gruesome Newsom speaking out against President Trump for deploying the National Guard to protect American citizens from harm. Newsflash, Governor Hobbs- it's not 'an alarming abuse of power' for a president to take this action to stop violent rioters. Federal law allows it."

"Californians have found themselves in the middle of a warzone. I'm grateful the Trump Administration has mobilized the national guard, as well as marines, to stop the riots and restore order so that ICE agents can do their jobs," said Majority Whip Frank Carroll. "Anyone who harms our citizens, our law enforcement, or our military must be held accountable under the full force of the law. Arizona Senate Republicans stand with police officers, ICE agents, and our military members to ensure this violence does not spread across state lines or develop within Arizona."

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For more information, contact:

Kim Quintero

Director of Communications | Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus

kquintero@azleg.gov