Arizona Migrants To Begin Receiving Millions In Federal Aid

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past century, you know that immigration is one of the hottest topics in America.

Arizona is one of the largest battlegrounds for this, with nearly 2,000 undocumented immigrants crossing into the state in 2023 alone, and the federal government wants to help them out.

Millions Coming to Migrant Aid

As more and more migrants enter our country, it becomes hard to know what to do with those undocumented. The federal government thinks they have an answer, and it comes in the form of a $380 Million support package.

$47 Million of that will be allocated to Arizona to help provide food, shelter, and clothing to undocumented migrants across the state waiting for their court date. This has raised a massive controversy, especially among Arizona republicans, but is there a silver lining?

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What's the Upside?

You may be asking, "why use my taxpayer dollars to help illegal immigrants?", and while you may not agree with their reasoning, the government does have an answer.

The main idea is community safety. Nothing can  be done about these undocumented crossers until they are processed, much like any other legal process in the United States. The goal is to ensure that these people are not just left on the streets with nothing in the days or weeks before they can be deported or gain citizenship.

This may not be a perfect answer to everything, but it is an answer, and that's the most we can ask for.

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