Thread: FLA. Broward, Palm Beach Counties Bracing For Planeloads Of Immigrants

Broward, Palm Beach Counties Bracing For Planeloads Of Immigrants From Crowded U.S. Camps

By BRITTANY WALLMAN • 4 MINUTES AGO
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• This Tuesday, April 16, 2019, photo shows the Mexico-US border check point area near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales/Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz.
  PATRICIO ESPINOZA / ASSOCIATED PRESS / WLRN

The Trump administration is preparing to move migrants from overcrowded camps along the U.S. border to Broward and Palm Beach counties, local officials said Thursday.

Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen said law enforcement was told to expect two planeloads of 135 migrants each week, starting in about two weeks. Half the passengers would go to Palm Beach County and half to Broward.

Bogen called the idea “irresponsible” and said the undocumented immigrants could become homeless in South Florida.

Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.


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