Illegal tenants and the law

[Rhiannon Then]

What should I be concerned about legally if I inherit tenants that are not legal citizens? I'm currently trying to verify the tenants citizenship status with the current owner, but in the meantime I'm trying to figure out if there are any safeguards I can take. They are currently month to month. We plan to rehab and move out all tenants eventually, but I do not want to get myself in a bad situation. Someone mentioned on another post that at least in CA, if a tenant gets deported, it could take months to evict. Not sure if this is true in Az as well.