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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has ordered the National Guard to be deployed to the Mexican border after her state decided to close the border with Mexico due to an "uncontrollable humanitarian crisis".
The decision is a direct attack on Biden by a Democratic governor as border security emerges as a major issue of the US president's election campaign.
"Once again the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure our borders and keep our communities safe," Hobbs said in a press release.
Arizona's governor did not specify how many National Guard members would be mobilized, saying they would be deployed near the Lukeville border crossing and in the San Miguel area.
On December 4, federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) closed the Lukeville border crossing until further notice, citing the reallocation of resources to combat immigrant smuggling elsewhere on the border.
In setting up the executive order to mobilize the National Guard, Katie Hobbs warns that the "crisis" has put public safety and commerce at risk. She had previously asked President Biden to have the Lukeville border crossing controlled by the Arizona National Guard.
"With this executive order, I'm taking action where the federal government hasn't," she says, noting that the Biden administration has not responded to her request to reimburse the state for border patrol costs.
President Biden has also been under pressure from other Democrats on immigration. Among them are the mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York, who have called for more funding to deal with the increased influx of immigrants.
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