Arizona County Faces 'Homelessness on Steroids' as Migrant Shelter Funds Run Out
US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education. Arizona County is facing a crisis of homelessness as migrant shelter funds run low, with President Joe Biden, a Democrat running against Republican former President Donald Trump for re-election, is appealing to the Democratic base in favor of protecting asylum seekers and reducing the number of illegal border crossings from Mexico. Casa Alitas, a church effort to assist Central American migrants at Tucson's bus station, has served over 180,000 asylum seekers by 2023, mostly families, who are legally entitled to stay in the US as they pursue their immigration cases. Tucson officials are considering setting up a migrant site with bathrooms but no sleeping accommodations to avoid people living on the streets and resulting calls for police and emergency services. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has urged top U.S. lawmakers on funding committees to provide at least $752 million in shelter funds.
Publicados : 2 meses atrás por Reuters no World
President Joe Biden, a Democrat running against Republican former President Donald Trump for re-election on Nov. 5, has tried to appeal simultaneously to the Democratic base in favor of protecting asylum seekers while also courting other voters who want to reduce the number of illegal crossings from Mexico.
Casa Alitas started in 2014 as a church effort to help Central American migrants whom authorities dropped at Tucson's bus station. By 2023 it had served over 180,000 asylum seekers, mostly families, who are legally entitled to stay in the U.S. as they pursue their immigration cases.
Tucson officials are considering setting up a migrant site with bathrooms but no sleeping accommodations. By giving migrants "some place where they can go," the city hopes to avoid people living on the streets and resulting calls on police and emergency services, said county spokesperson Mark Evans.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, last week sent a letter to top U.S. lawmakers on funding committees saying her state needed at least $752 million in shelter funds. In the meantime, Hobbs said in a press conference that her office was working to find ways to deal with the situation.
Tópicos: Social Issues, Homelessness