A record number of migrants are reaching the border states, and Yuma is one of the towns dealing with the influx. We have a look.
Just last week alone, more than 6,200 migrants were arrested and the people arriving at the border came from 44 different countries. 150 were children making the dangerous journey without parents."Right now we’re seeing about 800 to 900 people a day crossing. Part of the impact we have is the hospital. We have one hospital in this area, and it services all the medical needs for the migrants, but it’s not being reimbursed from the federal government.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey had 130 shipping containers installed to fill in the holes at the border wall in Yuma, closing about 3,820 feet of the previously open border.Migrants dressed in full camouflage were spotted by Fox News cameras being lowered over an Arizona border wall Tuesday by human smugglers.A group of sheriffs from Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, California and most of the other states will gather in Cochise County to tackle the border crisis.
'This is America's problem': Sheriffs across the nation to meet in Arizona to talk U.S.-Mexico border issues A group of sheriffs from Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, California, and most of the other states will gather in Cochise County to tackle the border crisis. "This is not the state of Arizona's problem. This is America's problem."
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