Asylum seekers dropped off in towns that have few resources get help from nonprofits
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By: Taylor OâConnor - Cronkite Borderlands Project
Posted at 5:07 PM, May 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-04 20:09:17-04
SOMERTON â After two years of waiting in Mexico and four days of detention in the U.S., Indira Diaz Cortina, 22, an asylum seeker from Cuba, found herself in a parking lot last month, waiting for COVID-19 test results.
She and 37 others were dropped off by Customs and Border Protection agents at a makeshift testing clinic. She had no change of clothes, no shoelaces, no money and no way to contact family members or friends with whom she hopes to reunite.
Mayor Doug Nicholls discusses the criminal element of migrants coming into the United States
Yuma, Ariz. Mayor Douglas Nicholls discussed conditions at the southern border on Fox News Live Saturday, saying the cartels act like businesses, and make trillions off illegal immigration. It’s a business to these traffickers, so when it’s a business that brings billions of dollars a year to them, you’re going to see them try to exploit every angle and every weakness and every policy that is in place along the border at this time, Nicholls said.
He noted that cartels understood how the border worked, knowing where to send illegal immigrants, and where to smuggle drugs and other illegal contraband.
Ducey calls on Biden administration to send help to border communities
Arizona governor comes to Yuma to urge federal action - News 11 s Crystal Jimenez & CBS 13 s Cody Lee break down his visit
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Strong words for President Joe Biden from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, (R), Wednesday morning following a tour of the U.S./Mexico border in Yuma County.
“There has been no action from the Biden administration, and I call on the federal government to do more to resolve this crisis,” Gov. Ducey said. “Until there is federal action, Arizona is ready to do our part. I am grateful to our state leaders, law enforcement, legislators, and to everyone who has stepped up and offered support during this crisis.”
Important voices left out of the border conversation during Gov. Duceyâs border visit
Arizona governor Doug Ducey has declared a state of emergency and the deployment of 250 guardsmen to the Yuma-Mexico border.
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Sending troops to the border is something thatâs happened before, under presidents George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump.
Gov. Ducey and Arizona s senators both are pushing the Biden administration to reimburse the state. The governor held a press conference Wednesday to make the announcement as well as a round table with legislative and community leaders in Yuma, but not all community leaders were invited.
Ducey to visit Yuma Wednesday
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Governor and delegation of Republican lawmakers to tour border, discuss security
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, (R), will come to Yuma Wednesday afternoon to tour the U.S./Mexico border and discuss security with city and county leaders.
The governor announced his visit Tuesday after issuing a Declaration of Emergency that will send hundreds of Arizona National Guard members to the border to assist with medical care, maintenance, and data analysis.
The Adjutant General of the state National Guard will join Gov. Ducey for the tour, as well a contingency of Republican state lawmakers. The group will also meet with Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls, and Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot. Members are expected to call out the Biden administration for what they call its failed leadership on the issue.