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Budget deal cuts funding for migrant aid groups

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Diego Piña Lopez, executive director of the Tucson-based Casa Alitas migrant aid agency, about funding cuts he and other nongovernmental organizations are facing. The cuts are spelled out in a budget deal aimed at averting a partial government shutdown Friday night.

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