Arizona Will Keep Sending Illegal Immigrants out of State, New Governor Says

Illegal immigrants seeking asylum line up to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at a gap in the border fence US-Mexico near San Luis, Arizona, on Dec. 26, 2022. Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images

Arizona will continue transporting illegal immigrants out of the state’s border towns to major Democrat-led cities, but with some tweaks.

Following the steps of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, in May 2022 then-Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey began offering illegal immigrants one-way bus tickets to Washington, D.C., saying that border communities were overwhelmed while receiving “little action or assistance from the federal government.”