Yuma, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Yuma could lose a lot of money from FEMA while dealing with the border crisis. As it stands, part of the funds will be donated to communities across borders.

And the more than $11 million already allocated to Yuma County by FEMA will be exhausted within eight months.

Nathan Rivas said Yuma doesn’t need a penny.

“Yuma County should keep the money. We’re a border town with a growing immigrant population, and we don’t have a lot of space, but we really need the money, and we want that money to go to other cities like Chicago and other cities.” It shouldn’t flow into the city, ‘here,’ Rivas explained.

US Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) drafted a second letter aimed at moving FEMA funds out of the Shelter and Services Program.

This will help border communities like Yuma County.

Gallego also said the shelter and services program was flawed because it did not meet the unique needs of each border city.

Essential needs vary from city to city, but one thing is consistent: the humanitarian needs of migrants are essential.

“To help them with the basic things they need every day to survive, like clothes and toilet paper,” Rivas said.