KDuYH Wrote:
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> More worries Wrote:
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> > Delegate: Gangs, Drugs, 'Terror Elements' Can
> > Follow Illegal Kids to Virginia
> >
> > Del. Scott Lingamfelter hoping to prevent any
> > state-supported humanitarian effort to house
> > undocumented, unaccompanied children.
> >
>
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> > The debate over what, if anything, Virginia
> should
> > do to address a humanitarian crises on the U.S.
> > border with Mexico has reached a worst-case
> > scenario with fears of terrorism.
> >
> > Since late 2013, unaccompanied children have
> been
> > flooding over the southern border, stressing
> the
> > resources of the federal government and
> nonprofit
> > partners. The issue now is at the center of a
> > stalled debate over immigration reform in
> > Washington, D.C., and has raised tensions in
> > communities across the country.
> >
> > Federal agencies handling the undocumented
> > children have been reaching out to governors
> > across the country regarding potential
> temporary
> > housing.
> >
> >
> > In a letter to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Del. Scott
> > Lingamfelter, R-Woodbridge and chair of the
> House
> > Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety,
> > warned of drug cartels and "terror elements"
> > taking advantage of any kindness offered to
> these
> > children.
> >
> > More: County Wants Answers on Refugee Children
> > Sheltered in Region
> >
> > "While we are both concerned about the safety
> of
> > the children who have entered the United States
> > illegally, we must also be concerned with the
> > possibility that criminal gangs and the drug
> > cartels will use the crisis to exploit and
> enlarge
> > their unlawful activities throughout the
> nation,"
> > Lingamfelter wrote. "Moreover, terror elements
> > could potentially use the confusion to enter
> U.S.
> > territory."
> >
> >
> > The delegate asked the governor to make no
> effort
> > to directly or indirectly allow these children
> to
> > enter the state.
> >
> > One Bristow nonprofit, Youth for Tomorrow, is
> > already providing emergency shelter for
> > undocumented minors. The program is operated
> > through an agreement with the U.S. Department
> of
> > Health and Human Services.
> >
> > An HHS spokesperson would not comment on the
> > number of undocumented children in Northern
> > Virginia, but told The Washington Post that,
> > “HHS pays for and provides all services for
> the
> > children through its network of grantees."
> >
> > The spokesperson also noted that children spend
> > less than 35 days on average at the shelters
> and
> > do not integrate into the local community.
>
>
> I call bull****, Bill. If those countries are so
> terrible, why aren't the parents fleeing with
> their children rather than handing their daughters
> birth control pills in case they get raped on the
> way? Why aren't the parents giving their children
> up for adoption to American, Canadian, or European
> couples? This is not about being refugees. These
> kids are being used as anchors in order to
> facilitate the transfer of entire family groups
> who plan on resettling permanently in America
You sir, are brilliant.
+1000