Posted on 05/21/2021 4:03:00 AM PDT by gattaca
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are demanding answers in response to shocking news that the Biden administration is secretly busing and flying scores of illegal immigrants into the state.
Reports that the Biden administration has been moving thousands of unaccompanied minors and tens of thousands of migrant adults — presumably without court dates — into the country amid the ongoing border crisis have circulated since February. But this week the news hit home for Tennessee lawmakers who, alarmed that the administration is seemingly doing so "under the cover of darkness," have opted to speak out about the matter.
After WRCB-TV broke the story on Wednesday night that "Chattanooga's Wilson Air Center is receiving planes carrying migrant children who are being bused to multiple southeastern cities during overnight hours," the state's two Republican senators lashed out at the administration.
"It is absolutely unacceptable if the Biden Administration is facilitating a mass migration under cover of darkness without any input or oversight from Tennesseans and the affected communities," Sen. Marsha Blackburn wrote in a social media post Wednesday night.
In a statement to Fox News, Sen. Bill Hagerty said, "I have warned for months that President Biden's failure at the border would result in a systematic resettling of migrants in our communities, burdening our schools, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies, and bringing an increase in drug trafficking and human smuggling."
WRCB-TV reported that they have obtained videos of at least four flights arriving in the early morning hours between last Friday and Wednesday.
The news outlet noted that a source with direct knowledge of the operation who asked to remain anonymous reported that "approximately 30 to 50 minors are transported at a time, some to reunite with family members and others to go to group homes."
The source reportedly added that "the operation started in Dallas, Texas, but moved to small airports recently to avoid attention."
What else? A spokesperson for the airport denied any involvement in coordinating the operation. So WRCB-TV, based on a tip from one of the bus employees, reached out to the Department of Defense, which in turn claimed that the flights were operated by the Department of Health and Human Services.
TheBlaze has reached out to the Department of Health and Services for clarity on the matter.
One thing that does appear to be clear at this point is that Tennessee lawmakers were not informed about the operation.
In a separate statement to Fox News, Blackburn reportedly stated that the transportation of migrants is taking place in "the dead of night without the knowledge or permission of the communities involved."
Earlier this month, in a letter to President Joe Biden, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) joined a coalition of fellow Republican governors in calling for the administration to address the immigration crisis, which they claimed was affecting all states, not only those at the border.
They should all be going to Delaware, DC and self-proclaimed “sanctuary” states.
Tenn. needs to gather them all up and bus them to the White House lawn in the dead of the night.......
What a joke we have become.
Nothing will be done.
Obama did this with muslim migrants and we had all this hysterical news and outrage from elected officials.
It all resulted in NOTHING.
The same is true here. Loud noises and no action. The flow of migrants into red areas will continue unopposed.
They’re trying to flip the state. But IMO it would make more sense for them to try to flip Texas and Florida...that would mean there’d never be another Republican President.
So what are they going to do about it except pound their chest?
This is exactly the kind of thing leftists do with glee.
The pigs are definitely in charge of the farm.
Peach
Democrats have control of the entire infrastructure of the government.
This requires massive coordination with many people- who must clearly know what they are doing.
Where are these kids being sent? Where is the money coming from to pay for planes and buses?
Where is anyone on our side looking into this to ask for receipts from airlines and bus companies to trace the money back to a source?
Yeah, nobody knew nuffin....until it was on TV and EVERYONE knew.
Guess the senators thought, “It MUST be true. I saw it on TV!”
Red state. Punish your enemies”
Put them in commie joe’s basement good place to hide
Video shows Biden administration 'secretly' flying migrant children into Tennessee
Our own government is the greatest enemy to America. The Russians, the Chinese, Iran are all threats, but they are nothing to the domestic enemies and their brown shirt terrorist militia Antifa and BLM. And if you call Antifa and BLM terrorists, you get fired, cnceled or worse. Bizarro America.
Gotta check their vaccine passports before Tennessee can let ‘em in.
GOP lawmakers enraged?
Who writes this?
We’re such a weak, pathetic country now, with no sense of national purpose. Foreign enemies, aided and abetted by the domestic enemy in the WH tread all over us with impunity.
Thanks, didn’t see that.
Someone should tell TN pols that talk is cheap.
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