This is a perfect example of my earlier contention that, while the evacuation made Louisiana redder, Texas and other receiving states are becoming bluer in the process. Not all evacuees are criminals...but enough of them are to place a strain on the areas that receive them. It would not surprise me to see formerly safe GOP offices in the Houston area become Dimwit offices...or to see flight from formerly safe areas...there goes the neighborhood.
This is not a racial or ethnic statement...it is based on the fact that many of those who are being relocated are socioeconomically several levels down the ladder of success in comparison to the areas to which they are being relocated. I was at a bookstore yesterday and encountered a family of evacuees. Trailer trash that will undoubtedly hit the taxpayer lotto being reimbursed for possessions that I doubt exceeded a couple grand in value. The only thing missing were the dueling banjos.
Collin County is the wealthiest county in Texas. Why would anyone living in it want as new neighbors a bunch of poor and uneducated?...some of whom apparently are apparently violent criminals. If this was desired, I'm sure that Vicente Fox could send up a couple hundred thousand more illegals to fill the 'need.'
I empathize with losses...and have donated to charities for the relief efforts. However, don't make the human refuse problem of N.O. the problem of Texas...and don't overpay people with taxpayer money for possessions they never had in the first place.
My thought were to yes, open our resources up to them for a time being. Everyone in that shelter should be registered, finger printed and given an ID. Oh Im sure the ACLU would file a lawsuit.
We have to know what/who we are welcoming in. It also allows the City/State to help with finding jobs, homes etc.
Dallas for one is not doing that. They are putting colored arm bands on the evacuee's and letting them out(they are not prisoners,according to a DPS officer)to roam the City.
If we or any other state ends up with some of the prisoners who were let out in NO or other surronding areas, it is important to know who they are. Finger printing helps us determain if someone is who they say they are. Identity theft could be on the rise if we are not careful.