This (copied and pasted) article from the Atlanta Business Chronicle is just offensive. Not that we should expect less than a full on inflammatory interpretation from Gov. Deals office! To say that ...children were released in GA is a direct correlation to releasing ostensibly rehabbed animals back into the wild. What in the world ever happened to all that southern, christian, charity and compassion? Ill say its just gone to hell. Irrespective of your political bent, this is utterly offensive in the extreme. and, yes. before you ask, Id adopt a couple! Jul 24, 2014, 3:33pm EDT UPDATED: Jul 24, 2014, 3:49pm EDT 1,154 unaccompanied, illegal immigrant children released in Georgia TEXAS BORDER Enlarge Photo Tochiro Gallegos | Bloomberg Staff Atlanta Business Chronicle During the first half of the year, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement released 1,154 unaccompanied, illegal immigrant children into Georgia, according to data released Thursday from Gov. Nathan Deal’s office. “Just this week, we learned from a federal agency that – unknown to us – from Jan. 1 to June 30 the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement released 1,154 unaccompanied children to sponsors – typically a parent or other family relative – residing in Georgia,” Deal said in a statement. “I have also heard from state legislators in certain areas of the state of a recent surge in school enrollment of children from Central America.” Deal sent a letter Thursday to ask the Obama administration to define the status of the Central Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons unaccompanied minors being held by federal authorities before asking private or state organizations in Georgia to take them in. Deals full letter here. “The state of Georgia has received no guidance from the federal government about what it plans to do with these children, even though we’ve read news reports that federal agencies have touched base with private charitable organizations in the state,” Deal said. “Before any children are sent to Georgia, we need to know their federal status and the plan for returning them to their parents or guardians. We are particularly interested to know if the children will be classified as ‘refugees,’ which would entitle them to all social welfare benefits available to Americans. Between Medicaid and school enrollment, this would come with a large price tag for Georgia taxpayers, and that’s unacceptable.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:28:49 +0000
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