Border & cartels · 2023-05-19
Hobbs Wouldn’t Call Cartels What They Are
HB 2675 would have treated drug cartels as terrorist organizations. Hobbs vetoed it — and the border fentanyl crisis bill too.
Cartels traffic fentanyl that kills Arizonans. Lawmakers wanted the state to treat that like the terror campaign it is.
Hobbs vetoed HB 2675 and also vetoed HB 2469, which framed fentanyl trafficking across the border as a public health crisis and asserted state authority against unlawful invasion.
She talks tough in press hits. The veto letters tell the real story.
Bills cited
HB 2675 (2023)
Drug cartels; terrorist organizations
azleg.gov overviewHB 2469 (2023)
Sovereign authority; border; health crisis
azleg.gov overview