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Rich part of D.C. goes tooth-and-claw to prevent new child-migrant shelter in its neighborhood
American Thinker ^ | 08/24/2019 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 08/24/2019 7:44:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Putting on its Victorian gentleman suit (pace Tom Wolfe), the Washington Post's editorial board tut-tuts a rich part of Washington, D.C. and its political patrons, for pulling out all stops to prevent construction of a child-migrant shelter in its fancy environs.

MANY AMERICANS are rightly outraged by the Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children, who have been separated from parents and ill-treated by authorities. Democrats have been understandably eager to distance themselves from such policies — a stance that can result in knee-jerk opposition even to sensible practices in effect during the Obama administration.

That might explain the nearly uniform outcry from Washington-area politicians incensed at federal plans to build new shelters for migrant children in Northern Virginia and the District . The shelters, state-licensed and similar to scores across the county in operation since before President Trump took office, would help move migrant children out of squalid, cramped Border Patrol stations near the U.S.-Mexico border. They would provide a way station for unaccompanied minors while federal officials seek to place them with U.S.-based relatives or foster families.

But local politicians, nearly all Democrats, have balked at cooperating with federal authorities on any immigration matter. They have denounced the proposed new shelters with objections that smack of NIMBYism masquerading as humane concern for children. This month, the administration of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) enacted emergency rules that blocked a planned federal shelter.

Just some misplaced never-Trumpism, maybe with a whiff of NIMBYism?


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: aliens; aristocrats; childillegals; commiescumbags; dc; demonratnolike; districtofcolumbia; illegals; immigration; jeffbezos; murielbowser; murielebowser; nimby; paybackisabitch; shelter; stickitpelousy; therich; washingtoncompost; washingtondc; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 08/24/2019 7:44:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Why go to their neighborhoods? Put them in their homes.


2 posted on 08/24/2019 7:47:27 PM PDT by o-n-money
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It’s only fair they should bear the burden. It’s a shame they aren’t doing their share.


3 posted on 08/24/2019 7:49:18 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SeekAndFind

Anchor an old aircraft carrier 10 miles at sea. And set up tent cities on the main deck ...


4 posted on 08/24/2019 7:50:54 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: o-n-money

Exactly. They aren’t even the ones who should be complaining. They get their minimum wage gardeners and domestic servants. It’s the poor who should be complaining.


5 posted on 08/24/2019 7:52:31 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SeekAndFind

“Good for thee but not for me. “


6 posted on 08/24/2019 8:05:32 PM PDT by boycott
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This article keeps surfacing. I've let it pass up until now, but it's worth a harrumph. Takoma is NOT a ritzy or wealthy part of DC. It is very much a transitional neighborhood. It is roughly triangular in shape. Brightwood and Petworth are to the south. The northeast boundary is Eastern Avenue. The western boundary is Georgia Avenue. People who know DC will know that Petworth, Brightwood, Eastern Avenue and Georgia Avenue are not exactly gold coast references.

I don't know where such shelters should be located, but I suspect part of the problem is size. 200 beds is a big facility. It's big enough to spook people in residential neighborhoods. Smaller and scattered site are probably better strategies.

The good people of Takoma have reason to push back. Takoma is a middle class neighborhood with some sketchy patches in a quadrant of the city that, like so much of DC, is now starting to improve. Takoma residents don't want to be used as a dumping ground. Break the project up into smaller pieces and put homes in AU Park, Spring Valley, Kalorama, Bethesda and Chevy Chase if you want to share the burden with wealthy neighborhoods.

7 posted on 08/24/2019 8:09:50 PM PDT by sphinx
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...Washington Post's editorial board tut-tuts a rich part of Washington, D.C. and its political patrons, for pulling out all stops to prevent construction of a child-migrant shelter in its fancy environs.

Cue Gomer...

"SurPRISE...SURprise!"

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8 posted on 08/24/2019 8:09:50 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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9 posted on 08/24/2019 8:16:24 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: o-n-money

Luxury tent cities in their massive estate yards.


10 posted on 08/24/2019 8:28:02 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Halfway houses for M13 members would be nice too... maybe 5 or 6 homes with 80 ‘young men’ each. I mean these ‘boys’ aren’t animal... according to Pelosi. Right?


11 posted on 08/24/2019 8:37:33 PM PDT by GOPJ (Epstein provided white liberal 'elites' with children to rape. The white liberal press ignores ...)
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“MANY AMERICANS are rightly outraged by the Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children, who have been separated from parents and ill-treated by authorities.”

NOPE. They’re not. They’re being lied to by entities such as Washington Poo.

“a stance that can result in knee-jerk opposition even to sensible practices in effect during the Obama administration”

NOPE. Strike two.

“That might explain the nearly uniform outcry from Washington-area politicians incensed at federal plans to build new shelters for migrant children in Northern Virginia and the District.”

NOPE. Strike three. Thanks for playing.

No excuses. Liberals are the real racists. And their hypocrisy on this issue is blatant.


12 posted on 08/24/2019 8:45:09 PM PDT by unlearner (War is coming.)
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“Takoma is a middle class neighborhood with some sketchy patches in a quadrant of the city that, like so much of DC, is now starting to improve. Takoma residents don’t want to be used as a dumping ground.“

I agree with your assessment of the economic status of the majority of residents in Takoma park, but anyone I have known who lived there was very liberal and displayed all the appropriate bumper stickers on their “green” vehicles (unless their sole mode of transportation was a bike or public transit). I would wager that those same people would stamp their vegan sandals in protest at the thought of building illegal immigrant housing in the neighborhood. They wouldn’t admit to NIMBY syndrome; rather, objections would be framed as there should be no segregation of illegal immigrants into such structures in ANYONE’S neighborhood.


13 posted on 08/24/2019 8:46:25 PM PDT by MyDogAteMyBallot
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People who know DC will know that Petworth, Brightwood, Eastern Avenue and Georgia Avenue are not exactly gold coast references.

I've driven up and down Georgia Avenue several times. I once stayed in Prince George's County, which at the time (late '80's) seemed to be mostly black.

14 posted on 08/24/2019 8:54:27 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Takoma Park is full of weirdos - didn’t they vote to make Takoma Park a ‘Nuclear Free Zone’ back in the Reagan years ?


15 posted on 08/24/2019 8:57:30 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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On the local news they say Trump is trying to ‘warehouse’ kids ...


16 posted on 08/24/2019 8:58:45 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: SeekAndFind

Someday, all this concern and compassion will turn to anger.


17 posted on 08/24/2019 9:10:58 PM PDT by umgud
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I can't wait until all the entrenched local illegals organize to protest that they're going to lose their landscaping and dishwashing jobs to other illegals now. LOL
18 posted on 08/24/2019 9:13:51 PM PDT by Viking2002
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I don’t know where such shelters should be located, but I suspect part of the problem is size. 200 beds is a big facility. It’s big enough to spook people in residential neighborhoods. Smaller and scattered site are probably better strategies.
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Must put your irony hat back on..

The Mayor of Washington- an avowed Sanctuary City and Fairfax County VA another ‘iffy’ but represented in part by Jerry Connelly (D-VA) was suddenly granted a lot of money to maintain a shelter for the ‘innocent babies’ that were being ‘mistreated’ on the border.

As soon as the ‘announcement’ was made these two LIBERAL strongholds said ‘no way Jose’..

I thought at the time it was another PDJT ruse to get peoples panties in an uproar.

They were so rattled that they forgot to GET THE MONEY before they ‘complained’

Winning Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!


19 posted on 08/24/2019 9:22:17 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is cast as the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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NIMBY ‘Rats!


20 posted on 08/24/2019 9:23:39 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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