She previously suggested the containers be repurposed as affordable housing, an increasingly popular option for homeless and low-income people.
Federal agencies have told Arizona the construction on U.S. land is unlawful and ordered it to halt.
Ducey responded Oct. 21 by suing federal officials over their objections, sending the dispute to court.
Ducey insists Arizona holds sole or shared jurisdiction over the 60-foot (18.2 meter) strip the containers rest on and has a constitutional right to protect residents from “imminent danger of criminal and humanitarian crises.”.
“Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do — secure the border in any way we can.”
The containers filled areas left open when Trump’s 450-mile (724 km) border wall was built.
Last year, he mapped the Arizona and New Mexico sections of that border wall to highlight damaged areas. »