Pima County can require judicial warrants before letting ICE onto its property, Mayes says

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 1,193

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Pima County can legally refuse to allow federal agents to use county property for immigration enforcement actions because neither federal nor state law mandate the county’s cooperation, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes concluded

And that means there’s no basis to the complaint GOP state lawmakers lodged against a county policy requiring a judicial warrant for immigration agents to come onto county property.

“Federal law does not purport to compel the states’ participation in …

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