Posted on 05/17/2019 12:58:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Trump administration is preparing to move hundreds of immigrants from overcrowded camps along the U.S. border to Broward and Palm Beach counties, local officials said Thursday.
Broward Mayor Mark Bogen and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said they were told to expect two planeloads of immigrants each week, starting in about two weeks. The 270 weekly passengers — about 1,000 each month — would be split, with half going to Palm Beach County and half to Broward.
Confusion and disbelief swirled late Thursday around the reports, which were not confirmed or acknowledged by the Trump administration. Local members of Congress, Florida’s two Republican senators and even Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said they didn’t know about it.
“The governor’s office was not informed of this decision,” his spokeswoman said in an email. “Florida counties do not have the resources to accommodate an influx of illegal immigrants.”
In an afternoon news conference organized after the news broke, Sheriff Bradshaw said the Miami border patrol operations chief “came up” to talk to him about it earlier this week.
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, a DeSantis appointee, also said he was advised, but not by border patrol. In an email, Tony said the information, which “was also shared with me by my trusted colleague” Bradshaw, was not confirmed by state or federal officials. He said he passed it on to Bogen so Broward could be prepared, and is “currently awaiting a scheduled calendar meeting with my County Commissioners.”
The immigrants are families who crossed the border illegally into El Paso, Texas, and who indicated they were Florida-bound, Bradshaw said. They will be processed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Offices in Dania Beach and in Riviera Beach, and released into the community, expected to return for hearings, he said.
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A national problem is just that unless you’re a NIMBY. I was shocked by a Cameron county politician (puro’rat) whining about the deterioration of “quality of life” in Brownsville but she’s right. Every American should experience the adventure of having the scum of the earth dumped on your doorstep. Then the invasion would get the attention it should.
Yeah, and palm beach needs to reap the rewards of they way they’ve been voting.
But it’s a shame that DeSantis had to deal with this and not labor of love clap for me Bush.
Don’t be surprised if after being here a year they won’t be protesting they deserve beach front homes!
They are there for Jeb¡
Trump knows how to play hardball.
WHY ARE WE TOLERATING THIS, WHY?
I’d cull out the criminals amongst the “immigrants” and send a Berlin Airlift of them to all the sanctuary cities/counties.
It’s not with Trumps knowledge at all. The definitive conservative reporting on this is from Brian Mudd (local radio host.) This is part of dug-in libs at DHS and WITHIN the freaking caravans themselves (immigrants without borders or whatever crap....) coaching them to say “I have relatives in Florida.”
“Is Palm Beach a Sanctuary City?”
That’s where El Rushbo lives!
BRITTANY WALLMAN and SKYLER SWISHER
Are they trolling us or what?
All Trump has to do is prism Bogen and Bradshaw's contacts with DC Congressional staff and release the transcripts of the communications, how this was illegally fomented as a wedge issue to use against Trump in Florida, how it was planned in advance in the House, and how the same people intend to repeat it ad infinitum.
These guys in the WH are making a horrible mistake letting the President think he can slide on this border invasion until the General Election.
Regular people in WI , MI , and PA had long memories about Obama's fetid legacy, and people are going to have long memories about how Trump could have cured this problem NOW but chose to preserve it as an election issue. And by flying them into FLORIDA! What The F***.
Going to paint himself into a corner where it will take a real boots-on-ground war with Iran to prop up the Red Wall; when all that had to be done NOW was just send these mojados back.
Plane after plane after plane after plane after plane after plane after plane after plane after plane. 24 hours a day, back back back back. Here's your peanuts, fasten your seat belt, wheels up. Set up a detainment center in PANAMA, for Christ's sake. Penalize them another thousand miles before they start walking again. Just do something to stop these invaders NOW. Right NOW.
"Broward Mayor Mark Bogen and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said they were told to expect two planeloads of immigrants each week, starting in about two weeks. The 270 weekly passengers — about 1,000 each month — would be split, with half going to Palm Beach County and half to Broward.Confusion and disbelief swirled late Thursday around the reports, which were not confirmed or acknowledged by the Trump administration. Local members of Congress, Florida’s two Republican senators and even Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said they didn’t know about it."
See, that's it in a nutshell. I wasted 500 words and you nailed it.
What is missing here? Stephen Miller needs to get Bannon, Kobach and Trump in the same room and read him the riot act.
"Get rid of the invaders. Optix optix optix. Show the government planes sending them back. Set up a shangri-la in Panama. Pick one of our former US bases in Panama, buy it on the down low, and get Rand et al to turn it into a modern (but dispersed) US town. This also allows you to spread through those camps 'hey your back is against the sea so chill your shit or learn to swim'."
Why should border states have to shoulder the burden. The Feds surely don’t give them any money to deal with it. Spread the wealth.
makes me want to scream too!!!!
I’m all for flooding the sanctuary cities with the illegals, but shouldn’t that wait until AFTER we’ve counted them in the 2020 census in the conservative areas? If we flood them now, they benefit the commie areas in the census.
Well number 1.....if I was forced by law to release them I wouldn’t give them a free fricken airplane ride exactly where they want to go! I’d kick them out the back door and say good luck!
My daughter is an ER nurse and has her hands full with Hattians and Cubans who do not speak English. The hospitals down in So. Florida are going to be overrun with more and more deadbeats who do not speak the language. Why is Trump doing this? Are these illegals going to camp out near Mara-La-Go?
Side effect: Teachers notice a drop in student thugs attacking them.
“Florida counties do not have the resources”........
NONE of the counties in the USA have such resources.
I went to a one room grade school.
Am I that much smarter than all these politicians or are they just that stupid???
Good. Expose those NIMBYs for the hypocrites they are.
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