Katie Hobbs: “Operation Desert Guardian is a statewide…”

“Did you ever call for the defunding of ice? Absolutely no. And even beyond that, earlier this year, I launched Operation Desert Guardian. We enlisted the support of the federal government in this Operation Desert Guardian is a statewide, multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency effort to go after cartel activity. Secretary Kristi Noem tweeted in support of that. And we have the federal government's cooperation on that, on that effort that is bearing big results in terms of drug interdictions and seizures and illegal weapons and getting bad guys in jail.” (01:17–01:25)

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