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Arizona county faces 'homelessness on steroids' as migrant shelter funds run out
Reuters ^ | March 18, 2024 | By Ted Hesson and Liliana Salgado

Posted on 03/18/2024 5:38:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

TUCSON, Arizona - An Arizona migrant shelter that has housed thousands of asylum seekers plans to halt most operations in two weeks when funding from Washington runs out, a problem for towns along the border where officials fear a surge in homelessness and extra costs.

Arizona's Pima County, which borders Mexico, has said that at the end of the month its contracts must stop with Tucson's Casa Alitas shelter and services that transport migrants north from the border cities of Nogales, Douglas and Lukeville.

Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher said the county cannot afford the roughly $1 million per week that previously would have been covered by federal funds.

Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which pays for migrant services, along with other federal agencies. Current money could be temporarily extended as a stop-gap measure to keep DHS and other federal agencies running.

But additional funding for the shelter and transportation services has been caught in broader political battles about illegal migration and government spending, and Congress is at an impasse, largely due to election-year politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenlegacy; border; illegalaliens; invasion; tyranny
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1 posted on 03/18/2024 5:38:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And this is America’s problem because.....?

You own this, AZ. YOU welcomed the crimmigrants here, the hungry, poor YEARNING TO LIVE FREE on American’s backs.


2 posted on 03/18/2024 5:42:46 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

then perhaps they need to be shipped up to Phoenix
on to the pretend governor’s lawn


3 posted on 03/18/2024 5:43:59 AM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why is any city making any effort to feed or shelter these people? Tell them you paid to get here, now pay for yourselves or pay to get home again.


4 posted on 03/18/2024 5:44:39 AM PDT by Twotone (We have to stop punishing ourselves for considering things that once seemed crazy. - B. Weinstein)
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To: All

Send ‘em to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware......and to
Pennsylvania Avenue .......so Biden can admire his handiwork.


5 posted on 03/18/2024 5:45:38 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father wIho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

bttt


6 posted on 03/18/2024 5:50:17 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They migrate from place to place draining your money


7 posted on 03/18/2024 5:55:40 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Easy enough. Send them back to where they came from.


8 posted on 03/18/2024 5:57:16 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
You own this, AZ. YOU welcomed the crimmigrants here...

No, election fraudsters welcomed them.
9 posted on 03/18/2024 6:00:42 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This has begun-—and will continue —to splash back on woke/D city and state officials. They’ll be out of office from top to bottom and none too soon.

Sadly, we’ve got 3 more years of our ‘valley girl’ gov. in AZ.


10 posted on 03/18/2024 6:03:17 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“... funding from Washington runs out ...”

Meaning the money provided by all of America’s taxpayers.


11 posted on 03/18/2024 6:05:55 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m not sure why anyone would have an obligation to support illegal parasites coming here. If they’re here illegally then let them figure out how to get their own food and shelter. If someone breaks into your house do you have any obligation to let him stay and feed and clothe him? If someone breaks into your country likewise?


12 posted on 03/18/2024 6:12:12 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Talk about deviating from your mission, your very raison d’être, your reason for being. The Dept of Homeland Security is ABETTING illegals, ignoring the fact that they are here ILLEGALLY, paying for their stay, ignoring the manifest crimes, ignoring all the narcos, mules, and traffickers among them.

When our core SECURITY agency completely ignores our security, we are in deep doo-doo.


13 posted on 03/18/2024 6:19:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: chiller

Your estimation that they’ll be out of office is optimistic. Democrat voters almost NEVER vote anything else and the hard core (about 30-36%) won’t change no matter how bad the country gets. There are multiple reasons: they don’t pay taxes so they don’t see it affecting them. They work for the government so it provides expanded promotional opportunities. They work for one of the many NGOs that are organizing this invasion. They’re just plain stupid and believe the climate change hoax. Etc.


14 posted on 03/18/2024 6:21:11 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Dear America-hating leftists/LIBs...now what? Are you taking your criminal illegal alien invader friends into your houses??? If not...why not? How can you be so cruel???????


15 posted on 03/18/2024 6:22:36 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
'homelessness on steroids'

Not to be confused with this:

Classic "Muscle Beach."

16 posted on 03/18/2024 6:25:50 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The good people of Arizona supposedly voted in Katie Hobbs. They could have had Kari Lake.

Maybe what Arizona needs is more democrats in office. That’ll fix it.


17 posted on 03/18/2024 6:30:02 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just what are these interlopers “seeking asylum” from, and why can’t that be dealt with at the source rather than them coming here? “Asylum seekers” is leftist word salad to make them feel better about suddenly noticing all the strange looking people in their neighborhood usurping their victim status and getting all the government handouts they once got. “Asylum seekers” is a term devised to shame anyone opposed to this invasion. Same with “they just want a better life”. It’s all a scam.


18 posted on 03/18/2024 6:30:39 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Eventually the migrant shelter racket will be exposed as democrat money laundering. Grifter cronyism.


19 posted on 03/18/2024 7:07:43 AM PDT by Track9 (If you want to know about human nature, read a power tool user manual. )
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To: bk1000

“It’s all a scam.”

No, it’s a carefully thought out and executed Democrat strategy. They want:
1. Lots more reliable voters
2. Census reapportionment in 2030 to win more House seats.


20 posted on 03/18/2024 7:56:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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