Arizona is on the front lines of the border crisis. In just the first four months of this fiscal year, border patrol in the Tucson sector apprehended more than 250,000 migrants, the highest number on record. And now Arizona nonprofits are about to run out of their tiny slice of funding. Last month, I visited Casa Elitas, a nonprofit in Tucson that works with federal law enforcement to support asylum seekers and prevent street releases. (00:02–00:12)
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Asserts that over 250,000 migrants were apprehended in the Tucson sector in four months, a record high.
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