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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anita Snow

Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown

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Navajo law enforcement teams made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes who are living on the streets in the metro Phoenix area, after the state cracked down on Medicaid fraud and suspended unlicensed sober living homes, Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch said Monday.

Teams that included Navajo police officers reported making contact with more than 270 Native Americans, the majority of them Navajo, Branch said.

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