Feds apologize for botched Va. immigrant shelter plan The Associated Press June 20, 2014 LAWRENCEVILLE Contrite federal officials apologized to residents of a town in south-central Virginia on Thursday night for keeping them in the dark as they prepared to bring in hundreds of Central American children and teenagers in the country illegally to a temporary shelter. "Absolutely, we feel we didn't do it right here," said Mark Weber, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "We're here to listen to the community. We're here to sort this out." He was speaking before the meeting. An overflow crowd packed into the 900-seat Brunswick High School auditorium in the farming town of nearly 1,500. The crowd heard immigration and refugee resettlement officials describe their botched plan to bring in children from resettlement camps in the South and Southwest. They cast the mission as a humanitarian effort to shelter children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras who are fleeing their homes to escape violence and poverty. More than 47,000 children, primarily from Central America, have been apprehended at the Mexican border since the start of the budget year. The government put the Lawrenceville program on hold after a private agreement between officials from the now-shuttered St. Paul's College and the government became public. Officials with the Administration for Children and Families have declined repeated requests by The Associated Press to outline the Lawrenceville shelter plan. Local officials demanded answers this week, and the government brought in a half-dozen officials to explain the purpose of the program to local residents. In an interview, Mayor-elect Bill Herrington said Lawrenceville and Brunswick County officials only learned about the program one week ago, not long before children were due to arrive at the campus. During the meeting, one federal official after another apologized for the missteps. Essie Workie, a regional official with a Health and Human Services agency overseeing the shelter program, was the first to apologize for the "communication challenges." She quickly added, "But we are here to correct that." The officials faced a formidable task before a crowd that openly scoffed at portions of the presentation. Workie assured them, however, that the plan to shelter the students at St. Paul's would be withdrawn if the government could not win over local residents. http://hamptonroads.com/2014/06/feds-apologize-botched-va-immigrant-shelter-plan
Brunswick community blasts immigrant plan About 1,000 residents cheer when HHS administrator says project is on hold http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/b...cle_ce549712-f4d3-5721-86ca-4ad76aa1ad8c.html
What I can't understand is bringing these people all over the country. It's almost as if the administration was trying to scatter them around so they could never be rounded up...doh! The place to deal with this is at the border. Turn them away. Let the mexicans deal with it. The idea that we escort them across then put them up all over the country is beyond insane. Of course. Boehner and the senate republicans should be all over the news saying either this stops immediately and they are all sent back immediately or all further immigration reform talks are over forever. Instead, we get...chirp...chirp...Kevin Mccarthy big amnesty advocate is elected to replace Cantor, former amnesty advocate who got canned by his own district.
Obama's Approval Rating On Immigration Has Crashed Amid The Humanitarian Border Crisis http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obamas-approval-rating-immigration-totally-120841468.html
The Obama administration has released into the U.S. an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months â and although the government knows how many it's released, it won't say publicly. I guess Odumbo is saying very clearly to the world .... break the law, come here to the US and we'll not punish you. Rather, we will reward you by allowing you to stay and most likely we'll give you 'assistance'. Why is not 90% of the country outraged over such abuse of power? http://news.yahoo.com/us-releases-immigrant-families-wont-many-203735169--politics.html