Posted on 07/01/2014 8:07:07 PM PDT by TigerClaws
According to Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL03), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to house illegal immigrant children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. Many of them were apprehended at the border, which is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis brought on by children being sent across unaccompanied.
Rogers first learned of the plan in an email sent to his office by the Federal agency.
In response, Rogers penned a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson voicing his opposition to the proposal.
The CDP is a world class first responder training facility; however, it was in no way built to house immigration detainees, much less children, Rogers wrote. CDP is over 900 miles from the Rio Grande Valley where many of these border crossings occur, and transporting illegal immigrants so far away from the border and their home countries would seem to make this crisis worse. It seems implausible that there is not a temporary facility within 900 miles of our southwestern border capable of housing these individuals without the disruption that I am concerned this transfer would cause to CDP operations. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at yellowhammernews.com ...
There are at least 100 Obama policies explicitly designed to destroy America.
It is mind boggling to see just how destructive each one is on its own, not to mention collectively.
We must follow the lead of the Murrieta Patriots.
Stand up to tyranny.
Can any of these kids be future football players? Roll Tide Roll!!!!
I vote for housing them in buses driving south.
Send them to Chicago.
Attrition will take care of them.
We will see how long this crap will last.
We need to make the Politicians take these kids into THEIR homes. This includes His Majesty King Obama.
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