Bulk FEMA funding for immigrants went to New York, Texas | Immigration [Video]

Editor’s note: Welcome to Border Crossroads, a series of dispatches from America’s southern border, where reporter Nico Brambila and multimedia producer Tom Hellauer are chronicling the crisis that is spilling over into Denver and other interior cities.

Nearly $6 out of every $10 awarded by FEMA last year to help communities respond to the humanitarian crisis driven by waves of immigrants illegally crossing the southern border went to just two states: New York and Texas.

Communities and nonprofit organizations in New York received $107.7 million — or 29.1% of the total funding — awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA.

Texas received $103.6 million or 28% of the funding. Notably, the city of El Paso is getting upfront funds from the federal government.

In contrast, Colorado received $10.6 million. That’s roughly 3% of last year’s FEMA awards for its Shelter and Services Program (SSP) to help offset the …