Posted on 05/16/2019 9:15:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump‘s plans to send potentially hundreds of undocumented immigrants each month to the Democratic strongholds of Broward and Palm Beach counties ignited a torrent of criticism from local Florida officials who called the move political.
“The blatant politics, sending them to the two most Democratic Counties in the state of Florida, is ridiculous,” said state Sen. Gary Farmer, a Democrat who represents portions of Broward County. “You can’t make this stuff up.”
Broward County officials described the plans Thursday in a press release, saying the Trump administration plans to release asylum seekers caught along the southern U.S. border into the county. A month earlier, Trump floated the idea of shipping undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Neither Palm Beach nor Broward counties fit that description, but politically they're enemy territory for Trump and Republicans.
“That is so typically Trump,” Farmer said. “When the facts don’t fit the narrative, you slightly adjust the narrative.”
Broward County state Rep. Evan Jenne, opposed the move but said the county will do what it can to help those sent its way.
“He has been threatening this for a while, and I’m sure his voters will think it’s a great idea,” said Jenne (D-Dania Beach). “We will do what we can to help them, I’m sure with no help from the federal government.”
Jenne called the Trump policy a form of “fiscal punishment,” a sentiment shared by other regional officials.
A statement from Broward County said Trump “has threatened to send people who illegally cross the border to communities that are considered immigrant friendly.”
“This is a humanitarian crisis. We will do everything possible to help these people,” Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen, a Democrat, said in the statement.
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Sending them to rat areas is a great idea.
But not to FLORIDA for God sakes. Why burden a narrowly GOP state and loyal Governor with that crap? Send them to Cali. NY. Massachusetts, ect.
No kidding!
This has gotta be fake news. No way Trump would be this stupid. Florida is still, barely, a red state.
Trump didn’t do anything re the wall for his first two years, when GOP controlled Congress
Coulter says he should start building under his commander in chief powers, to protect the country. Sounds right to me. He sends warships to the Iranian Coast without Congressional approvals. Why not protect our own border?
Right now, we’ve got more illegals coming in than under Obama. Trump talks a lot, but nothing happens
Coulter says!? Good grief, I can’t help you at all.
FRegards
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