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Border city mayors say $30M from Congress 'pennies on the dollar' for cost of assisting migrants washex.am/2JBCRkl
In west Arizona, more than 60,000 people have been apprehended in the region since the start of the 2019 fiscal year in October, making it the third-busiest for border crossings of all nine Border Patrol regions.
Mayor Douglas Nicholls said the city has been in a state of emergency for three months because it cannot financially or physically keep up with the number of people being released from federal custody and in need of assistance.
