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<p>JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - House Rep. Denny Heck, D-Olympia, spent time Wednesday talking to many local leaders trying to calm their concern as thousands of immigrant children potentially head to the Pacific Northwest, many to JBLM.</p> <p>The federal government is considering a plan to house undocumented kids up to the age of 18 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. But there is a lot of that concern coming from the community just outside the JBLM gates.</p>

A plan to house hundreds of illegal immigrant children at a multimillion-dollar hotel complex in Texas was scuttled after the prospect of taxpayers footing the bill for luxury lodging proved too much of a public relations obstacle. BCFS, previously known as Baptist Child and Family Services, which has a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to run camps at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and Fort Sill in Oklahoma, had a deal to buy the Palm Aire Hotel in Weslaco, Texas, for $3.8 million. The hotel was built in the 1980s and includes three swimming...

Leaked report blames misperceptions about U.S. immigration policy for the surge in unaccompanied children attempting to enter the country. Of 230 migrants interviewed, 219 cited the primary reason for migrating was the perception that U.S. immigration laws now granted free passes. Report was compiled by the El Paso Intelligence Center and meant only for law enforcement . Homeland Security officials previously blamed a combination of factors, including a bad economy and security concerns. Crime data actually showed a dip in violence in Guatemala, El Salvador and most significantly Honduras. Homeland Security projects that if current trends continue, as many as...

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: 60% of Central Americans deported immediately retry through Mexico and Guatemala. On the way dams are antisocial. Arriaga, Mexico. A Honduran reported a 21 PRESS lived the nightmare to stay in Mexico kidnapped by a criminal gang that attacks migrants. Paola who said he left Honduras on March, accompanied by one of his cousins ​​who knew the route to the United States. In five days the town of Arriaga arrived, but bad luck that accompanied the patrol Migration captured and deported to Honduras. "The bus took us to the border of Corinth, Cortés, where we remained two days,...

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: 97 percent of those under age Guatemalans who entered illegally in US have been returned to their families in the USA, as defined by law. However, this measure, which is awarded by the U.S. Department of Health does not guarantee that children are not deported in the future. Last week a spokesman for the Department of Health stated that "96 percent of juvenile detainees, 49 000 567 have been delivered" to their families. "There are very few-those who do not stay in, 240 children interviewed last week in a shelter, only found one that was not going to...

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: According to interviews with children deported, only 14% out of the country by violence. The director of the National Council for Childhood and Adolescence (Conna), Zaira Navas said underage Salvadoran deportees claim to have left the country to be reunited with their families, to improve their income or to escape the crime. According to the Directorate General of Immigration, this year have been deported from Mexico 2,160 children, while trying to get to the United States. "The Foreign Ministry and Migration interviews made directly give us that 53% talk that travels through family reunification, while 32% because of...

MCALLEN, TX - The influx of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the border may be triggering yet another problem for Border Patrol agents--fake family units. Although there are no official numbers available, there are reports of unaccompanied immigrant children being approached by adult immigrants and told to pose as a family in order to have a better chance of staying in the U.S. Just like the overall issue of illegal border crossings, fake family units not only raise concern from a legal standpoint, but also as a humanitarian issue. "We don't wanna see a kid with an adult that he doesn't...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has convened with nonprofit groups to shelter undocumented immigrant children in L.A. while they await court hearings on whether they can remain in the United States. Homeless activist Ted Hayes, who has lived in L.A. for three decades, opposes the idea, insisting there are American kids on city streets who need help first. “It’s kind of a slap in the face to U.S. citizens,” Hayes said. “It’s embarrassing. It’s hurtful. Because it’s like a father saying that he loves children outside of the family more than he loves his own.” “We feel...

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico - Mexico is promising to stem the flow of Central American migrants to the United States by tightening control at its notoriously porous Guatemalan border. But messages from the country's top two leaders in little more than a week have provided few details on how. And the scene on the ground is business as usual. Dozens of Central Americans who paid $1.50 a head could be seen this week crossing the broad Suchiate River on improvised rafts of inner tubes and wooden boards, in full view of Mexican police on the shore and immigration agents posted on...

Holy Family Institute in Emsworth wants to provide temporary shelter to children who have entered the United States illegally without parents or guardians, generating concerns among some residents. “We believe this is the right thing to do for our ministry and for children who are in need,” said Sister Linda Yankoski, Holy Family CEO. Emsworth Mayor Dee Quinn said she was “stunned” to learn of Holy Family's plans. “I feel like we should have been notified, and we could've had a public meeting on it,” she said. “I think it's very important for everyone to know what's going on.” Robert...

MILWAUKEE — Children are crossing the border into the United States by the thousands to escape violence in South America. It has been happening since October, and Wisconsin is being called on to help shelter some of them. If and when that will happen is still up in the air. The federal government has given notice to a Milwaukee agency, Catholic Charities, that it may be called upon to help shelter hundreds of children in the Milwaukee area. In the Milwaukee area, Catholic Charities is waiting for word from the federal government on if and when the agency will house...

DES MOINES -- A grassroots group launched an effort Tuesday to relocate at least 1,000 unaccompanied immigrant children to Iowa while political issues surrounding their plight get sorted out, a key organizer said. Rich Eychaner, announced a “1,000 Kids for Iowa” crisis initiative to provide safe homes for children from Central American countries who currently are incarcerated along the U.S. southwestern border. Eychaner said his foundation was calling upon the federal government to transfer 1,000 children from incarceration to Iowa to be cared for and supported by Iowa families. He said his organization hoped to coordinate and assemble the immediate...

Some of the immigrant children showing up unaccompanied at the U.S. border in recent weeks have been transferred to Prince William County, Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart confirmed Monday. Stewart, R-At Large, said that an official from Youth for Tomorrow -- a Bristow-based Christian nonprofit that provides housing, education and counseling services to troubled kids -- told him more than a week ago the organization had contracted with federal authorities to provide housing and services for some of the young immigrants being transferred from the southern borders. Stewart said he’s also “heard rumors” that more children might be housed...

The number of unaccompanied children from Central America caught trying to sneak over the U.S.-Mexico border has gone up. Many are fleeing extreme poverty and violence, as well as responding to rumors that children who make it to the border will be allowed to stay.

TUCSON, ARIZ. — While President Obama has warned Central American parents not to send their children to the United States because they will be returned, at least 85 percent of boys and girls detained recently for illegally crossing the Southwest border have been released from shelters here. Since October, the Department of Homeland Security has referred 50,688 children to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the latter agency, which is tasked with caring for unaccompanied children caught entering the country. Within the same time period, "43,209 minors have been discharged" from federal custody, says HHS spokesman Kenneth...

The head of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa says Governor Terry Branstad showed a “lack of compassion” when Branstad said he does not want any of the unaccompanied children from Central America who are crossing into the southern U.S. to wind up in Iowa. Connie Ryan Terrell, the executive director of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, says the state has a history of welcoming immigrants and many in Iowa’s faith community are “greatly disappointed” with Branstad. “If you look back to the 1970s, (former Iowa) Governor Ray was really the lead governor in our nation that worked to provide safe...

It has been raining hard, with thunder and lightening since 10am this morning in the Oracle area with flash flood alerts. I am 30 minutes away and I was concerned how the protester on our side were doing. They are for the most part senior citizens from the adult community called Saddlebrook, which is nearby, and the citizens of this rural community. Here is the interview with Sheriff Babau with KNST conservative talk host Garrett Lewis: http://www.knst.com/onair/garret-lewis-41270/interview-sheriff-paul-babeau-live-from-oracle-protest-about-illegal-alien-minors-12567556/ Here are the highlights: The sheriff got information about this transfer of illegals from two separate sources. He has not gotten any response...

Protesters and counterprotesters Tuesday made Arizona the second border state to become a national flashpoint over what to do with the surge of unaccompanied immigrant children entering the country illegally. Dozens of demonstrators gathered in Oracle, Arizona, about 100 miles north of the Mexican border, where federal officials were expected to send dozens of detained immigrant children for housing. One protester said his opposition to the transfer wouldn't scare the detained children because "after they've been all the way up through Mexico, I don't think anything is going to frighten them," Eldon Rhodes told CNN Tucson affiliate KVOA. "I'm protesting...

I am told that Nancy got this fax today.

<p>“Weekday morning from six to ten on WRKO. Important hours for. 3617666868. Here on AM 680. WRKO. And now I’m 93 point seven HDQ. My friends as I’ve been talking about for the last couple of days. Lynn. Has now become in many ways ground zero. For the immigration crisis engulfing this country. And now. Berlin’s mayor. Judy Kennedy. Has now come out and sad that — is basically now at the breaking point.</p>