Norfolk, Nebraska.
Heineman demand border children location
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3 hours ago By Don Walton / Lee Enterprises
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Gov. Dave Heineman expressed outrage Friday that federal officials have refused to inform him where the 200 immigrant children recently sent to Nebraska are located and who is sponsoring them.
So far, he said, his requests for that information have been denied and he finds that “incredible and outrageous.”
“We will treat them humanely while they are here,” the governor said during an interview on KFAB radio.
“But we want to keep track of them,” he said, while they presumably are being processed for likely deportation because they entered the country illegally.
“I’m very, very concerned,” Heineman told KFAB during a telephone interview he initiated from Nashville, Tennessee, where he’s attending a National Governors Association conference.
“I can’t believe the federal government is secretly transporting them to Nebraska,” he said.
“Our taxpayer dollars could end up potentially paying for their education and other benefits.”
The children are among tens of thousands who have crossed the southern U.S. border illegally