Mayor Declares Emergency in Arizona City Rocked by Illegal Immigration

Illegal immigrants gather by the border fence after crossing from Mexico into the United States in Yuma, Ariz., on Dec. 9, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

YUMA, Ariz.—The mayor of an Arizona border city declared a state of emergency on Dec. 9 due to the soaring numbers of illegal immigrants flooding in from Mexico.

Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls said he issued the declaration “due to the unprecedented numbers of migrants entering the city prior to being processed and released by Border Patrol.”