Raul Grijalva (Democratic Party)
Posted on 03/23/2021 3:44:34 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Gila Bend, a town near Arizona’s border with Mexico, has a population of only 2,000 people.
Mayor Chris Riggs told Fox News he is placing the blame on the Biden administration for transporting illegal immigrants on buses to his town, noting that, particularly due to the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, they don’t have the necessary resources to take care of the influx.
“Border Patrol let us know that they were going to be dropping migrants that had been detained for 72 hours in our town, which we really didn’t understand because we have nothing here,” Riggs told Fox.
“We have no charity organizations that can help, no non-governmental organizations that a lot of the larger cities and towns do have to assist these people.”
He explained that they have not received any federal or state assistance, and that the illegal immigrants being dropped off in his town can’t get food, lodging, or COVID testing.
The mayor told the news outlet that crime has gone up in Gila Bend recently, with about 20 illegal crossers coming into the town on foot almost daily.
Riggs said that the cost for COVID-19 testing of two busloads of people a week would cost around $600,000 over a year.
Last week, the National Sheriff’s Association said that up to 50 percent of illegal immigrants are testing positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement. “Blindly releasing thousands of people, including convicted criminals and those who may be spreading COVID-19 into our state, is both unconscionable and a violation of federal law. This must be stopped now to avoid a dangerous humanitarian crisis for the immigrants and the people of Arizona.”
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The town should rent a bus and send them all to Georgetown and dump them off
Return to the old west ways. Tell the illegals to move on, point them south and march them out of town.
But, Biden is handling it so well according to the media!
I always thought that was a good idea.
Two Gas stations and a
Trailer Park there!
.
Ssssh.
You have a National Guard. Use it.
Put ‘em back across the Border.
Yep. Better yet, 1600 Pennsylvaina ave.
Here ya go kids, tell them you’re looking for joe biden or nancy pelosi.
later...and drive off.
The Army used to have Forts on the border...One of George Pattons first posting...and they rode horses
The city should charter buses to take them to San Francisco and drop them off in front of Nancy Pelosi’s hose.
Ill drive.
Best suggestion yet!
Although, maybe just a 55-ft trailer would suffice...
Raul Grijalva (Democratic Party)
The old “Fan Belt Capitol of the World”.
I lived there 30 years ago in my bombing days.
Mayor is right, there isn’t a damn thing there. They don’t have a budget to put a lizard on a bus.
Yikes!
I suspect that the town could crowd source some motor coaches to get the peeps to the White Basement.
It’s not about helping these people, it’s about destroying the rural American lives, that tend to vote for freedom, guns, and bibles.
Gila Bend is the radiator hose and fan belt Capitol of the world!
I have been there many times on my way to California. It’s a very small town that doesn’t put up with trouble.
I don’t think a state of emergency has any impact in this case. If the president declares it, then it allows a host of agencies to activate and take actions. Governors have similar authority. But lower than that, it’s just bluster.
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