Dramatic increase in migrants seeking asylum in Arizona
December 17, 2021
There have been thousands of migrants entering the state from the U.S.-Mexico border. Facilities in the state are overwhelmed. At the break along the U.S.-Mexico border wall, migrants have been crossing and congregating, waiting to be picked up by Border Patrol agents. Unlike previous migrant surges, many of these people are middle-class families leaving the economic and political instability in Latin America. The pandemic has led to conditions worsening in Central and South America, causing many people to leave.
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