United States: state of emergency declared in Arizona city due to arrival of migrants

The city of saint Louisin Arizonadeclared the state of emergency, and thus adds to the crisis that other cities such as El Paso (Texas) and Denver (Colorado), due to the massive arrival of migrants a few days after the end of the Title 42which has immediately expelled these foreigners since 2020.

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the mayor, Nieves Riedeldescribed the situation as a “humanitarian and public health crisis.”

In recent days, a considerable increase in the crossing of undocumented immigrants has been reported in Arizona, especially at the Yuma County border, which has led several of its municipalities, such as San Luis, to declare a state of emergency.

“In recent days we have seen that up to a thousand migrants have arrived here at the Yuma border,” Claudia Ruiz, a volunteer from a local church that assists migrants, told EFE.

He stressed that they currently estimate that there are between 300 to 500 waiting to be processed by the Border Patrol.

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He indicated that many of them are waiting up to three days before being processed, enduring the low temperatures that are recorded this season in the Arizona desert.

Migrants wait in a long line along the border wall and “many have no food or water, their situation is unfortunate,” Ruiz said.

“Once Title 42 ends on December 21, an increase of up to 40% in irregular migration is projected,” said Mayor Riedel.

The increase in the migratory flow and the increase in cases of covid-19 and the flu worries Riedel, who assures that neither the hospitals nor the Fire Department have sufficient resources to face this emergency.

“The number of migrants that are crossing has already put a strain on the humanitarian services provided locally by non-profit organizations and government agencies,” he emphasized.

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For their part, Yuma County authorities also issued an emergency declaration this week for the same reasons.

Alerting that only during the past fiscal year 2022, the Border Patrol arrested 300,000 migrants in that region.

Thousands of migrants along the border with Mexico await the end of Title 42 by order of a judge who declared them illegal to present their asylum cases in the United States, which could strain both federal and local resources. to assist so many families.

Source: Elcomercio

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