Yuma mayor on record number of migrants crossing border
Sean Noone - Yesterday 2:28 PM
YUMA, Ariz. (NewsNation) - The mayor of Yuma, Arizona, said the record number of migrants crossing the southern border is beginning to strain the city's medical industry.
Republican Mayor Doug Nicholls said that while a local nonprofit is helping thousands of migrants gain access to resources once they arrive, the city is facing a hefty price for their medical care.
"We have $20 million of unreimbursed expenses dealing directly with the healthcare for migrants as they're coming through - and that in just in the last six months," said Nicholls. "Those costs are passed on to the people who live here year-round."
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Nicholls agrees with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to place shipping containers at the southern border as a means of "funneling" migrants to specific checkpoints, but said he would rather see policy at a federal level.
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