STOP: Protesters in Vassar, Mich., aren’t excited about plans to relocate some of the illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s southern border their tiny town.
Southern border immigration crisis comes to tiny Michigan town
By Watchdog.org -- Izzy Lyman | WatchdogWire.com——Bio and Archives--July 9, 2014
The immigration crisis on the southern border, involving tens of thousands of minors from El Salvador, Honduras,and Guatemala, has become a concern for Michiganders who live in a rural community with fewer than 3,000 people.
Wolverine Human Services, a social services agency which typically helps needy Michigan children, is in the process of securing a contract and negotiating with the Office of Refugee Resettlement to bring between 60- 120 male illegal immigrants, between the ages of 12-17, to the small city of Vassar without any input from residents of the community.
About 100 concerned citizens, some bearing signs, gathered outside the Vassar City Hall last night to let public officials know what they think.
Watchdog Wire contributor Tamyra Murray (pictured above with the megaphone) has been at the front lines of this debate. She was interviewed by an ABC news affiliate expressing her concern about illegal immigration overloading “the system” and the lack of funds to care for veterans.
Concerned citizens are planning to keep the conversation going by staging an informational meeting about the issue tomorrow night.
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