Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake vows to declare ‘invasion,’ send armed troops to border

A leading candidate for Arizona governor says she would declare her state is under invasion on her first day in office and send armed troops to seal the border from illegal immigrants.
Kari Lake, a Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump, laid out her plans Wednesday in an interview with the Just the News TV show on Real America’s Voice.

She was one of several Republicans to voice concerns the border crisis begun by the Biden administration is about to substantially worsen if the Title 42 health regulation the Trump administration instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic is lifted.

“We already have a tsunami at our border with this invasion,” Lake said, but it will be “nothing compared to what’s about to hit us when Title 42 is pulled away.”

Just the News reported earlier this week that Customs and Border Protection has already warned agents to expect “irregular shifts and schedules, including holidays and weekends” and that overtime may be authorized as necessary due to the expected ending of Title 42.

Lake accused incumbent Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., of “not doing enough” and said he needs “to get troops down on the border.”

If elected governor, Lake told editor-in-chief John Solomon and co-host Amanda Head that she would issue a declaration of invasion to protect Arizonians from “imminent danger.”