Gov. Reynolds declines request to house migrant children in Iowa
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Reynolds says border surge is ‘not our problem,’ declines federal request for help with child migrants
Iowa doesn’t have the capacity to take in migrant children in federal custody during a surge of people seeking to enter the United States, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported more than 172,000 immigrants seeking entry to the country in March alone, up 71% from the prior month, according to USA TODAY. That…