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LUKEVILLE, Ariz. -- A shift in smuggling routes has brought an influx of migrants here from countries as diverse as Senegal, Bangladesh and China, prompting the Border Patrol to seek help from other federal agencies and drawing scrutiny to an issue critical in next year's presidential elections. With hundreds of migrants crossing daily in the area, the U.S. government on Monday indefinitely shut down the nearby international crossing between Lukeville, Ariz., and Sonoyta, Mexico, to free Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the port of entry to help with transportation and other ...

Shelter services helping migrants in the Tucson area say they’re looking for interpretive services and other volunteer work while they respond to an increased number of people arriving from the border. Hundreds of migrants are waiting days to be processed by the Border Patrol after crossing the border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Thousands of migrants, including families with children, are crossing the Arizona border, prompting authorities to close the Lukeville crossing.

A shift in smuggling routes has brought an influx of migrants here from countries as diverse as Senegal, Bangladesh and China, prompting the U.S. Border Patrol to seek help from other federal agencies and drawing scrutiny to an issue critical in next year's presidential elections.

The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes, with hundreds of migrants from faraway countries like Senegal, Bangladesh and China being dropped in