Lawmakers Furious at Governor Katie Hobbs for Cutting Border Strike Force with Crime Surging on the Border - Tennessee Star

Lawmakers Furious at Governor Katie Hobbs for Cutting Border Strike Force with Crime Surging on the Border - Tennessee Star

Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced shortly after entering office in January that she would eliminate the Border Strike Force (BSF) that former Governor Doug Ducey created in 2015, sparking outrage from Republican lawmakers concerned about rising crime and violence related to Arizona’s porous border with Mexico. Hobbs said as part of her budget, she would reroute the funding for the BSF elsewhere.