During ABC15's 48 Hours on the Border series in March 2024, we showed you the work the Somerton-based nonprofit Regional Center for Border Health was doing with the transition center they had set up to help migrants who were seeking asylum and had just been processed by the Border Patrol. With border crossings at historic lows, the transition center is no longer needed, but the RCBH's community initiatives continue — and so does their quest to get reimbursed from the federal government. RCBH says FEMA owes them close to $3 million for helping nearly a quarter million migrants over a four-year period.

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