‘Be ready to be deported’: GOP AG hopeful Petersen pledges to help deport Arizona Dreamers

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: June 17, 2026

Words: 1,133

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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Republican Warren Petersen vowed to help the Trump administration deport the more than 18,000 Arizonans who were brought to America as children and have federal protection if voters in November make him Arizona’s next attorney general.

In a terse exchange on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, Petersen and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes traded jabs over the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

“Here is some free …

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