Alternate title: In Administration caused immigration news
Hopefully you have heard that the Obama Administration finally admitted that their hyping of the D.R.E.A.M. Act was possibly a motivating factor for the increase of illegal immigration by children and families from Mexico and Central and South America.
The White House admitted rumors of free entry to the United States are motivating migrants to risk the trek northward. Officials said they are pushing back against “misinformation,†noting that Vice President Biden’s trip to Guatemala to meet with the leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico is part of that effort.
Actually, Biden’s visit to Honduras will likely begin with him tearing into the President of Honduras for having grabbed the cat by the scruff of the neck and pulling it out of the bag.
The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, recently said that the tidal wave of illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S. from Central America can be attributed to the fact that many believe they will get amnesty. The Obama Administration’s rhetoric and actions surrounding the immigration surge have led many in Central America to think they will not be deported if they come into the U.S. illegally–and indeed, most of the thousands of children that continue to cross the border will likely get to stay in the country.
Sadly, that last sentence is true. Obama is “yielding to public pressure because of the humanitarian crisis” and having his HHS people override the entity responsible for overseeing immigration and let large numbers of illegal immigrants roam free with little more than a pinky swear to come to a hearing.
The Obama administration has released into the U.S. an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months — and although the government knows how many it’s released, it won’t say publicly.
Senior U.S. officials directly familiar with the issue, including at the Homeland Security Department and White House, have so far dodged the answer on at least seven occasions over two weeks, alternately saying that they did not know the figure or didn’t have it immediately at hand. “We will get back to you,” the Homeland Security deputy secretary said Friday.
The figure is widely believed to exceed 40,000 since October. It’s believed to be slightly below the roughly 52,000 children caught traveling illegally from Central America over the same period, an extraordinary increase since last year that is driving a humanitarian crisis at the border.
Despite promises to the contrary, this is how it looks when the image-conscious Obama administration doesn’t want to reveal politically sensitive information that could influence an important policy debate.
Geez, you think so, AP? What finally clued you in? I bet the hard drive that had that memo has already crashed.
Despite what you’d probably like to think about the rhetoric coming from the open borders types on the left, don’t think they actually want to mingle with the newly arrived great unwashed.
New England mayors call for refugee resettlement freeze
The mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts has asked the federal government for a moratorium on sending refugees to the city, claiming that newly arrived families create a strain on city resources and the school system and do not receive sufficient aid from resettlement agencies.
Domenic Sarno, a Democrat, made his request in a letter sent Thursday to Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass. Copies were also sent to Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, as well as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
“I’m not cold-hearted at all,†Sarno told The Republican newspaper Friday. “I want to help. All I am asking for is accountability from the agencies. You just can’t continue concentrating poverty on top of poverty.”
And
HHS considers Olympia Fields facility for unaccompanied immigrant children
Thousands of children from Central America are entering the United States through the nation’s southern border, overburdening local facilities and resources. The crisis has the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the search for lodging facilities elsewhere in the states.
One facility being considered is in Chicago’s far southern suburbs – the quiet community of Olympia Fields.
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Congressman Randy Hultgren (IL-14) released a statement Saturday morning announcing this week the HHS will be conducting an inspection of a former monastery at 203rd and Governors Highway to be used to house some of the children that were illegally sent to America unaccompanied by their parents.
Hultgren called for the effort to halt, saying moving the children to Olympia Fields will only make matters worse for the children.
Congressional candidate Eric Wallace, who lives near the proposed Olympia Fields housing site, echoed Hultgren’s concerns about the children so far from their homes in Central America, and how would the community absorb them into different school levels when the local schools are already financially strapped and struggling to meet community children’s needs.
Translation: I care about homeless immigrant women and children. But only right before an election. Otherwise, keep them the fuck out of my neighborhood. Can’t they just stay in Texas? Why does this have effect me and my constituents?