The federal government has denied Pima County’s request to use $200,000 of border security funding to help cover the costs of operating a humanitarian shelter for migrants, a county official said.
County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry told the county Board of Supervisors in a memo Thursday that the denial cited a determination by federal officials that the proposed use of the money wouldn’t benefit border security.
The supervisors voted 3-2 in May to accept a $1.8 million Operation Stonegarden grant.
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