More than 200,000 Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Their housing aid could soon run out

MiamiHerald ^ | 12/19/2017 | LANCE DIXON

[WeWaWes]

As Puerto Rico continues to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria, Florida legislators are calling on Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to seek additional federal aid for the hundreds of thousands of evacuees that have come to the state.

[WeWaWes]

Who pays when their housing allotment runs out? This has changed Florida to a Blue state.

[KC_Lion]

Good Lord.

You didn't see this kind of stuff in Houston or Naples after their hurricane.

[WeWaWes]

This changes the politics of Florida and the nation.

[House Atreides]

I would think it difficult for them to fix their Puerto Rican houses whilst they lay-about, with taxpayer support, in Florida.

[forgotten man]

Let’s help them rebuild their homes IN PUERTO RICO!

[Responsibility2nd]

Lets see here. How do we solve this problem??

1. Millions of dollars per PR to integrate them to the Florida.

2. A $500 plane ticket back to the Island for each person.

Gee. What to do? What to do?

[NELSON111]

The GOP better recognize how huge this is.

It's very hugh and series.

[Lumper20]

No, Texas just gets Mexicans. Hispanics are a HUGE problem in this the USA.

[WayneS]

People from Puerto Rico are United States citizens.

They can stay in Florida if they want to - and they should be treated exactly the same as any other U.S. citizen who moves to Florida from outside the state.

[Joe Brower]

Interesting. I live here and this is the first I have heard of 200K people being brought here from Puerto Rico due to the recent hurricanes.

Florida Freeper

[humblegunner]

they should be treated exactly the same as any other U.S. citizen

Even if they can't speak English and toss toilet paper into the corner instead of flushing it.

Yep. Same-same.

[Buckeye McFrog]

"You can't import Latin American people without also importing Latin American politics."

Dennis Prager

[WayneS]

Yes. They should be treated the same - including being charged with littering and/or violations of health department regulations if they toss toilet paper into the corner instead of flushing it.

[redfreedom]

But that’s racist!

[WeWaWes]

I heard a number exceeding 400k a few weeks ago.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Down south. Miami, W. Palm, Ft. Lauderdale. Already big Puerto Rican communities there. (Seemingly, got bigger!)

[DIRTYSECRET]

Amazing. Hurricane season is over. You would think there are plenty of jobs there just cleaning up the mess. This is one government job that would help us by sending them home. Lower the pay scale first. I think Trump is silently working on it.

[Rome2000]

Trump won Florida by 105,000 votes.