Illegal Immigrants Flood Into Yuma, Overwhelming Border Patrol and City Resources

A group of illegal aliens is processed by Border Patrol agents after crossing from Mexico into Yuma, Ariz., on April 13, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

YUMA, Ariz.—Thirteen pale and wide-eyed Guatemalans emerged onto the dusty road, puffing and panting and utterly shocked.

They had just illegally crossed the Colorado River and blindly crashed their way through the scrub to find Border Patrol in the near-blackness of night.