Casa Alitas, a migrant shelter in Arizona, plans to partially halt operations by the end of the month. A political fight over immigration funds in Washington has left Pima County without resources to allocate to the shelter.
The partial closure of the shelter is part of a problem in common with cities like New York, Chicago and Denver, which have asked the federal government for help and have warned of upcoming cuts to services for immigrants. The shelter has helped thousands of asylum seekers in recent years, but the debate in the United States Congress has called into question the continuity of these resources.