Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed to “collaborate to solve problems” following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but a week later she’s saying something else.

Michigan’s 49th governor appeared on CBS Mornings Monday to promote her book True Gretch, when co-host Tony Dokoupil posed a simple question about cooperation.

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“Is the state of Michigan willing to work with the Trump administration to hand over the people they say are the ‘bad guys,’ the ones with the record, the ones who have committed crimes, to get them out while protecting the people maybe who have more complicated claims to being here?” Dokoupil inquired.

Whitmer dodged, refused to commit to deporting illegal immigrant criminals, then pivoted to insinuate the 47th POTUS is undermining the U.S. Constitution.

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“Well, you know, I’m not going to go too far down the path because we are embarking on it just now and I think it’s really important that we uphold the law, that we don’t permit anyone to violate the Constitution regardless of what position they’re in, and that we protect the dignity of individuals that are here,” Whitmer said.

“All of that being said, there’s going to be a lot of things we can’t foresee right now and we’ll continue to get the facts and act appropriately when – when we do.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Whitmer told Dokoupil “I’m not out looking for fights, I’m always looking to collaborate first,” but talked around other questions about immigration.

“Where do you stand on these (ICE) raids? Have you received any notice about when they’re taking place?” CBS correspondent Vladimir Duthiers questioned.

“We’ve done a lot of planning in Michigan for a number of different scenarios, and we’ve not yet seen this on the ground,” Whitmer said. “I can tell you, we do have a problem at our southern border, and Michigan … I’ve sent my national guard down to help with surveillance under both a Biden administration and a Trump administration.

“But we also need to treat people with dignity, you need to follow the law, and I think that as we see this continue to play out we’ll continue to assess how we conduct ourselves in the state of Michigan, but I do think there’s a lot of legitimate fears and concerns that are happening and we should treat all people with dignity, at the very minimum,” she said.

Whitmer’s refusal to commit to helping Trump remove criminal illegal immigrants comes as her administration is working to shield illegal immigrants from federal authorities and challenge the president’s efforts to address immigration issues.

The opposition comes despite numerous murders and deaths attributed to illegal immigrant criminals in Michigan in recent years.

Shortly before Trump’s inauguration, Michigan Superintendent Mike Rice sent a letter to the district officials outlining how they can leverage state and federal laws to shield student records from immigration enforcement.

“Importantly, schools are classified as protected areas, meaning that absent exigent circumstances, ICE should refrain from taking enforcement actions in or near schools without appropriate prior approval,” Rice wrote just days before the Department of Homeland Security rescinded that protection.

Rice’s memo, offered in eight different languages including Bengali and Urdu, insisted teachers and other educators “have a responsibility to protect” students’ “right to a free public education regardless of their citizenship, immigration status, race or national origin.”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel also moved immediately to sue the Trump administration over the president’s executive order to end birthright citizenship before it even went into effect.

Trump’s “executive order is a clear violation of American law,” Nessel said. “The U.S. Constitution lays out the steps to alter an amendment unequivocally and clearly, and those steps do not include an executive order on the first or any day of a presidential term.”

While a federal judge in Washington recently issued a temporary restraining order to block the president’s executive order, House Republicans are pursuing legislation to limit birthright citizenship to exclude children born from illegal immigrants or parents on temporary visas, Fox News reports.

Others Michigan Democrats, meanwhile, are calling for the death penalty for the president’s supporters, with visions of “jackbooted thugs” with ICE dragging kindergartners from schools and churches dancing in their heads.

“They should be arrested, and they should be facing the death penalty,” Lenawee County Democratic Party chairman Bill Swift told Talk Back Radio with Doug Spade and Mike Clement on Saturday. “They should be hanged by the neck until dead. I believe this is one of the few areas of the law where I believe the death penalty should be imposed.”