GOP lawmakers condemn Kris Mayes for warning about masked agents and stand your ground

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 1,475

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago


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Republican state legislators claim that Democrats and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are choosing violent immigrants over U.S. citizens, but Democrats say it’s a campaign ploy from the Republican leader of the state Senate who wants Mayes’ job.

The Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution along party lines that censured Mayes and called for her resignation over her comments about masked federal immigration agents and stand your ground laws during a …

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