Arizona Gov. Ducey ordered stacked shipping containers with razor wire to be used as a makeshift border wall over federal objections

• Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered shipping containers be used as a border wall.
• The move has started a legal battle with the federal government, which said the construction is illegal.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered empty shipping containers to be stacked on top of one another and topped with razor wire as a makeshift border wall, in the face of federal objections.

In August, Ducey ordered the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to use the containers to secure gaps along the state's southern border, particularly near Yuma, according to CNN.

"Arizona has had enough," Ducey, a Republican, said at the time, according to CNN. "We can't wait any longer."

The progress on the makeshift solution has been somewhat halted by protestors, according to the Associated Press.

In October, federal officials from the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Reclamation ordered Ducey's effort be halted, calling the construction on US land unlawful, per the AP. Ducey refused and responded with a lawsuit against those federal agencies, claiming the federal government hasn't done enough to address illegal immigration, the Associated Press reported.

Ducey's term as governor will end when Governor-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is sworn in on January 5, 2023, according to AP. In an interview with Arizona PBS, Hobbs said the containers are "not effective as a barrier" and that she is "looking at all the options" of what to do with them.

"I think what we need to do is look at how we can cooperate with the federal government on border security issues," Hobbs said. "I've said from day one I think it's a political stunt that's not really solving a problem."