The frontier community tells Trump what he still needs now that the crisis has calmed down
Is new morning in the Yuma border community, ArizonaBut there is still work to be done to ensure long -term safety and to clean up the remaining challenges.
The Supervisor of the County of Yuma Jonathan Lines explained the challenges faced in the wake of a high influx of migrants in the community sometimes throughout the Biden administration.
“The first chaos and abandoned the second,” said Lines, a republican, of the border under the former president Joe Biden, but said he is “controlled” under President Donald Trump.
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A frontier patrol agent of the United States controls the identification of immigrants while waiting to be processed after crossing the border from Mexico to Yuma, in Arizona, on December 30, 2022. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)
In the Yuma sector alone, during the Biden administration there were hundreds of thousands of migrant meetings. In February, there were 8,326 illegal border crossings marked by Customs protection and borders of the United States. The number of people put to the test the local resources in the area, including the local hospital.
“The message is that we would like our non -profit hospital to be reimbursed for about $ 32 million. They are control costs … it has caused undue charges here in our local communities,” said Lines.
Fox News Digital He reported in 2023 that the Yuma Regional Medical Center had to face millions in unpaid medical expenses, given the number of illegal immigrants who were treated.
The construction begins to fill the gaps in the border wall in Yuma, in Arizona, on 12 August 2022. (Office of Gov. Doug Ducey)
“Our food bank has been affected, as well as a type of medical community as a whole, only for the Fenestanil,” Lines said.
“We have seen a significant impact of Fenanil here in the community. One of my best friends has just lost the oldest nephew two weeks ago. The pills are sold for about $ 2.50. There must be serious consequences for the Chinese and for the signs they are dealing with and pushing this product in the United States,” he added.
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In 2022, the former Governor of the Arizona Doug Ducey placed metal storage containers along some of Yuma’s gaps, which in the end were removed due to the legal action of the federal government. Now, the construction of permanent border wall panels in spaces along the border in the area is underway, following an inversion of Biden policies once Trump has resumed the assignment.
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On Tuesday, the National Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem joins a Raid Ice in New York City. Noem said the communities will be safer due to targeted incursions that follow criminal illegal immigrants. (National Security Department)
“To date, we are starting seven new miles of construction, we will continue to make America again safe,” said the secretary of the Kristi Noem National Security Department in a video published on X on March 16.
The region has become a key focal point for politicians on the 2024 campaign track, with many stops for visits despite not having come across Geographical border states SEES – A key indicator that borders safety and immigration were a main problem for American voters.
“Each state has been influenced by the section of human beings and the trafficking of narcotics. In the last four years, while I have traveled to the United States, every single leader of the community or member of a community has brought me closer to me saying that they have never seen such an impact from narcotics and illegal immigration in their communities and that their resources to provide people in their community have been exhausted”.
