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Federal funding process for humanitarian aid at border comes under scrutiny

Portrait of Rafael Carranza Rafael Carranza
Arizona Republic

​Corrections & Clarifications: U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego's first name was incorrect in a previous version of this article.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security handed out another round of funding to humanitarian aid organizations helping migrants released at the U.S.-Mexico border. But the process the federal government uses is raising questions about how that money is distributed, particularly for nonprofits and local governments closer to the southern border.