U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is continuing to demand answers from officials about how the Biden administration’s immigration policies are impacting communities across Alabama and the United States.
Strong raised the issue Wednesday during a Homeland Security Committee hearing entitled “A Country Without Borders: How the Biden-Harris Open-Borders Policies Have Undermined Our Safety and Security.”
The Biden Administration’s disastrous CHNV parole program is overwhelming small Alabama towns. Rest assured, I will continue to press for the answers my constituents deserve. https://t.co/XXc4hLv3Xm pic.twitter.com/DJOFlAPC00
— Dale W. Strong (@RepDaleStrong) September 18, 2024
The Congressman questioned Jim Desmond, member of the Board of Supervisors in San Diego County California, about the continuing crisis.
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“You recently wrote that ‘millions of local taxpayer dollars have been diverted to cover the costs associated with the mass immigration of asylum-seeking immigrants – money that could have been better spent on our residents and vital services.’ Like you, I have serious concerns about the burden communities face as a consequence of this Administration’s border crisis – especially small and rural communities,” Strong said. “News outlets in Alabama have reported that ‘several communities have expressed concern over a steady increase in Haitian immigrants, especially in rural areas with stretched-thin resources.’ I have heard this very sentiment myself.”
Strong also expressed frustrations at the lack of answers from the Biden administration on this problem.
“There are countless examples of this Administration’s policies and failures that have gotten us to this point,” he said. “One that has come to the forefront is of course the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, which at the end of July this year, had paroled over half a million migrants into the United States. I sent my concerns about CHNV to Secretary Mayorkas over a month ago. I wish I had answers to share here today, but I have yet to receive a response from the Secretary.”
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Strong said he’s not surprised that the president’s team doesn’t care about how this is effecting Alabama families.
“I also find it ironic that those responsible for the situation that you’re in today – Vice President Harris and Secretary Mayorkas – are two of California’s finest,” he argued. “It sends a clear message to every American that they would allow this to happen in their own communities… if they don’t care about what’s happening in their own backyards, why would they care what is happening in Alabama? I think the evidence is obvious.”
“Mr. Desmond, you also mentioned witnessing mass street-releases, which buses dropped off hundreds or thousands of illegal aliens at a time into your communities, many of whom have no idea where they are or where they’re going,” Strong added. “And it’s not just happening in California.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee
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