Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) will travel down to the state's border with Mexico this weekend to visit the border catastrophe in Lukeville, Arizona, following a scathing letter she sent to President Joe Biden for his handling of the situation.

Hobbs told reporters on Friday that she will visit the southern border with the state's top National Guard official as she navigates any state action to respond to the mounting situation in southeastern Arizona. The announcement came just as Hobbs's office released a letter she sent Biden on Friday in which she told him to reassign military to the hard-hit area and reimburse Arizona for $512 million spent responding to the border crisis.

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"For far too long, Arizona has continued to bear the burden of federal inaction in managing our southern border," Hobbs wrote in the letter. "The recent decision to close the Lukeville Port of Entry has led to an unmitigated humanitarian crisis in the area and has put Arizona's safety and commerce at risk."

The Lukeville Port of Entry was closed at the federal government's order on Monday and has forced all American and Mexican residents to drive several hours to the next closest port of entry in Nogales, Arizona, where travelers faces lines that are up to five hours long, according to Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ).

Illegal immigration through the Tucson region of Arizona began to rise six months ago and has ticked up in recent weeks from 12,000 arrests per week to 17,500 arrests in the week that ended on Nov. 30. Data for the past week will be released later Friday.

Ciscomani sent Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a letter late last week in which he asked for the Arizona National Guard to be deployed to the border to support federal law enforcement.

“[The] Tucson Sector is leading in encounters and our agents and officers are overrun and undermanned,” Ciscomani wrote in the letter. “The situation is far past a breaking point and those on the frontlines of this crisis are in need of immediate support.”

Meanwhile, Hobbs has called on the Biden administration to take more actions as thousands continue to cross daily, according to reporters who spoke with her Friday.

Hobbs called on Biden to "immediately" move 243 National Guard soldiers who are already assigned to the Tucson region to the Lukeville Port of Entry.

"Further, to the extent it is necessary, I am requesting that additional National Guard members currently on federal active duty orders be reassigned to Arizona to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reopen the Lukeville Port of Entry," Hobbs wrote in her letter.

Hobbs said the state is owed $512 million for costs that the state has spent on immigrant transportation, drug interdiction, and law enforcement, citing the "federal government's failure to secure our border."

The border trip on Saturday will help Hobbs "see if there's perhaps a mission for the guard.”

Hobbs, a Democrat, joined Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) to denounce the Biden administration's decision to shutter the Lukeville Port of Entry and urged Washington to reverse course.

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"This is an unacceptable outcome that further destabilizes our border, risks the safety of our communities, and damages our economy by disrupting trade and tourism," Hobbs, Kelly, and Sinema said in a joint statement. "The Federal Government must act swiftly to maintain port of entry operations, get the border under control, keep Arizona communities safe, and ensure the humane treatment of migrants."

The Washington Examiner reached out to the White House for comment.