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Yuma mayor describes impact of record migrant surge

(NewsNation) — About 900 people a day are crossing the U.S.-Mexican border near Yuma, Arizona, and immediately turning themselves in to Border Patrol, according to the city’s mayor, Douglas J. Nicholls. It’s a dramatically high number compared to normal. And Nicholls says he expects the number to increase as weather gets better. “We need a change […]

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Yuma mayor speaks out days before border policy used to expel border crossers ends

Yuma mayor speaks out against end of Title 42 The mayor of Yuma says if Title 42, a previously little-used health authority that has been used to expel over 1.7 million times to expel migrants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, does come to an end, border communities will suffer from a potential surge […]

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