CHICAGO - Approximately 75 children, unaccompanied minors fleeing poverty, hunger and violence from their homelands in Central America, will be arriving in Illinois from Florida following their emergency evacuation to escape the destruction of Hurricane Matthew.
The group, Heartland Alliance, says the youngsters will be staying in Illinois for the next 30 days, until they can return to Florida.
Governor Bruce Rauner released a statement thanking the agency for their services.
“We are grateful that the state of Illinois, through the hard work of Heartland Alliance, can offer these young children a temporary, safe home. It is important that in a time of crisis we all remember to offer a helping hand,” Governor Rauner said. “Our thoughts are with those in the storm’s path. We are hoping for as little destruction as possible and are evaluating every way Illinois can further help our fellow states.”
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services granted Heartland Alliance a temporary variance to provide shelter for the minors.
“This is a great opportunity for Illinois to help in a time of crisis in the lives of children,” said Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon. “These children are seeking refuge in this country out of desperation to leave behind the dangerous conditions they faced in Central America, so we are grateful that Heartland Alliance has stepped forward to provide temporary space for them until they can safely return to Florida.”
“..::until they can return to Florida.”
What a joke, those kids aren’t going anywhere.
Just more mouths for Illinois taxpayers to feed.
This is what we should be worried about as Obama and Clinton do everything they canto encourage this.
Haitians throng at U.S.-Mexico border despite deportation policy
TIJUANA, Mexico A crowd of about 1,000 Haitians shouted and shoved at the door of Mexico’s immigration agency at the U.S. border, which has found itself an unhappy gateway for thousands of would-be migrants in recent months hoping to cross into the United States.
They wrapped their arms around the waists of people in front of them to prevent anyone from cutting in line in their desperation for one of just a few dozen slots granted daily with U.S. immigration authorities about a half-mile away.
Several thousand Haitians have traveled to Tijuana in recent months, overflowing migrant shelters and often sleeping outside next to their backpacks on sheets of cardboard, many after traveling 7,000 miles by foot, taxi and bus from Brazil through eight nations to the threshold of the United States. There have been so many that in August, Mexican authorities imposed a system of appointments in order to keep the Haitians away from the flow of other visitors at one of the world’s busiest border crossings.
PUKE!
If they’re fleeing poverty, hunger, and violence why bring them to Illinois?
Allot of state between here and florida, why here? Oh yeah, illegal sanctuary cities in the socialist republic of Illinois
So now that the huricane “went away,” when do these kids return home?
Or do we continue to support them?
Careful, if you continue to raise the issue Jeh Johnson will “refugee resettle” one (or more) into your basement.