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In this May 23, 2019, photo, is a "Welcome to Yuma" sign in Yuma, Ariz. Overwhelmed border officials have started releasing migrants into Arizona's rural Yuma County as more people arrive amid the coronavirus pandemic with hopes of making their home in America. Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls says the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, released a group of 20 people in the neighboring community of San Luis and that several similarly sized groups were let out later in the week. (Randy Hoeft/Yuma Sun via AP) **FILE**

US border officials start releasing migrants into Yuma

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent gathers information on four Guatemalan nationals, including two men and a pair of 12 and 13-year-old boys in Yuma, Ariz. Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls has declared a state of emergency to deal with the number of families being released from Border Patrol custody into the city. Nicholls said Tuesday, April 16, 2019, that he had hoped not to get to this point but that the organizations helping immigrant families just don't have the capacity to deal with so many. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

Yuma declares state of emergency over migrant families

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