Fight over funding, reimbursement could close transition center for migrants in Arizona

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Fight over funding, reimbursement could close transition center for migrants in Arizona
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PHOENIX — A fight over funding could end critical services for migrants in Arizona on or around April 1.

In late February, Marisol Ocampo, who is coming from Colombia, just started the asylum request process. In 2021, Aguirre and her team created the transition center for migrants who have been screened, background checked, and released by border patrol agents. Aguirre says they're forced to dip into their pockets to cover overtime pay, employee benefits, and medication.Street releases happen across Arizona. Instead, The team works to try and give migrants a safe place to go without disrupting the community.

Between May 12, 2023 and March 13, 2024, DHS has removed or returned over 617,000 individuals, the vast majority of whom crossed the Southwest Border, including more than 97,000 individual family members. The majority of all individuals encountered at the southwest border over the past three years have been removed, returned, or expelled. Total removals and returns since mid-May exceed removals and returns in every full fiscal year since 2013.

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