Trump's 1st week brings big border and immigration news for Arizona

President Trump's first week back in office was momentous for border security and immigration — issues with an outsized impact on Arizona.

The big picture: Trump campaigned on securing the U.S.-Mexico border and curbing illegal immigration, kicking off his tenure as the 47th president with a slew of executive orders and policies to achieve those goals, including:

• Declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border. The Pentagon is deploying about 1,500 troops to the border "to support increased detection and monitoring efforts."
• Purporting to end birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, which a federal judge has already enjoined.
• Lifting restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting migrants in sensitive locations like schools and churches.
• Reinstating his "Remain in Mexico" policy that denies non-Mexican asylum-seekers entry into the U.S. while they await the outcomes of their cases.
• Designating drug cartels and foreign gangs as terrorist organizations.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to launch criminal investigations into state and local officials whom they believe are interfering with the Trump administration's immigration policies.

• Some city officials, like Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, have said their police departments won't be used to assist with the mass deportations Trump promised.
• The issue is of "utmost concern" to Gallego, and the Phoenix City Council will meet next week to learn more about Trump's executive orders, mayoral spokesperson Arielle Devorah told Axios.
• Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said he won't do the feds' job and criticized the Justice Department directive on local officials, telling the Arizona Daily Star: "It seems … they don't have better things to do. Aren't they supposed to be really looking after real criminals?"

The other side: Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said Trump's emergency declaration would free up funding and add manpower for local law enforcement and officials in border communities.

• "It makes it manageable. It adds resources, technology, and personnel. Everything we need to do to secure our country and our border, while bringing engagement back to these communities," Dannels said, per Fox 10.
• Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert) this week sponsored legislation dubbed the Arizona ICE Act, which would force county sheriffs to enter into agreements with the feds to enforce immigration laws.

• Newly elected Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan told 12 News earlier this month that he'd assist with the Trump administration's deportations, but that the sheriff's office is under a court order that severely restricts it from getting involved in immigration issues.

What they're saying: Gov. Katie Hobbs blasted Trump's birthright citizenship order as "unconstitutional and un-American," but said she's glad the president is taking action on drug smuggling and human trafficking, and that she hopes to see additional resources on the border.

• "I'll work with anybody who has good ideas to secure our border. And I'll stand up to anybody who is getting it wrong. We should focus on real solutions over political stunts, and I'll continue to fight for the common sense policies Arizona needs," the governor said on X.
• On the other side of the aisle, Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne opposed the Trump administration's directive that ICE be permitted to go into schools to detain undocumented immigrants.
• "People would stop sending their kids to school," Horne told Capitol Media Services.