Arizona is continuing to bus illegal migrants to Washington, D.C., under Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines told the Daily Caller News Foundation Tuesday.
\nFormer Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey\u00a0began\u00a0the busing effort in anticipation of a surge in illegal migration when the Biden administration attempted to end Title 42, a Trump-era public health expulsion order, May 23. Before she was sworn in Jan. 2, Hobbs criticized Ducey\u2019s busing effort, which she\u2019s vowed to end,\u00a0according\u00a0to The Washington Post.
\n\u201cIt is not providing any real solutions for Arizona or for these migrants. Again, wasting taxpayer dollars and playing politics with people\u2019s lives,\u201d Hobbs\u00a0told\u00a0ABC 15 Arizona in November.\u00a0(RELATED: \u2018Open Our Borders\u2019: Biden Admin Expands Ways For Migrants To Shirk Trump-Era Border Policy)
\nIt\u2019s unclear, however, if Hobbs\u2019 office approves of the state\u2019s continued busing effort as they didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment.
\n\u201dI\u2019m thankful for the support regardless of where it comes from,\u201d Lines told the DCNF.
\nTitle 42 remains in place due to a\u00a0Dec. 27 Supreme Court\u00a0decision\u00a0in which the high court sided with Republican states contesting the end of the order.
\nArizona began busing illegal migrants to the nation\u2019s capital in May after Republican Texas Gov. Greg\u00a0Abbott, who continues to send transports to Washington, New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia. Republican Florida Gov. Ron\u00a0DeSantis\u00a0also sent two flights of illegal migrants from Texas to Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in September.
\nThe efforts later crossed the political aisle, with Democratic El Paso Mayor Oscar\u00a0Leeser\u00a0and Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared\u00a0Polis\u00a0sending their own transports to New York City.
\nPresident Joe Biden has overseen a record surge in illegal migration at the southern border, where federal authorities encountered more than 250,000 migrants in December alone, marking an all-time high.<\/p>\n