AUSTIN, Texas — Distress calls and discoveries of dead immigrants in a rural area 50 miles north of the state's border with Mexico have crippled first responders' ability to serve residents and hurt the local government's budget.
Sheriff Urbino"Benny" Martinez of Brooks County is prepared to tell Congress that the county's 7,400 residents have been negatively affected by the influx of illegal immigration at the southern border because resources have been directed toward rescuing immigrants and not helping townspeople in urgent need.
In 2022, Brooks County EMS services responded to 115 calls from illegal immigrants. In three of those incidents, the immigrants died while being transported to a regional hospital.Far more immigrants have died attempting to sneak through the heavy brush and walk farther into the United States.
In another instance in which an immigrant was transported by a medical helicopter, the county was only reimbursed $45,000 for a $320,000 bill for care, according to Martinez. The two hospitals in the remote area have had to write off costs for services provided to illegal immigrants.
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