Arizona Hospital on ‘Very Thin Margin’ After Spending $20 Million Caring for Illegal Aliens

U.S. Border Patrol agents check for identification of immigrants as they wait to be processed after crossing the border from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz., on June 22, 2022. Qian Weizhong/VCG/Getty Images

An Arizona hospital is being overwhelmed with illegal alien patients that are placing a strain on medical resources and could leave the facility on the verge of collapsing, according to a top hospital official.

Dr. Robert Transchel, the president and CEO of Arizona’s Yuma Regional Medical Center, told Fox News on Feb. 5 that the hospital is owed more than $20 million in free, uncompensated care that it has provided to illegal aliens who have crossed the border into the United States.