Government To Spend $50 Million On Resort For "Young Illegal Immigrants"

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Here it is. And what do you think the domestic terrorist Obama will give them next? Yep, all that empty houses the government owns. Why does Obama not give 50 million to feed the poor in that crap hole he came from, Chicago?

This is beyond comprehension

-Geaux

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While we understand that there are many nuances in the ongoing illegal immigrant debate, and there are certainly two sides to every story, we can't help but wonder if the US government granting a $50 million award to BCFS Health and Human Services to house "young illegal immigrants at the site of the current Palm Aire Hotel and Suites" in Weslaco, Texas is the best use of government funding.

As KRGV reported, " A center for unaccompanied minors set to open in Weslaco later this year will be the first of its kind in the nation, officials with a network of non-profits said. A center for unaccompanied minors set to open in Weslaco later this year will be the first of its kind in the nation, officials with a network of non-profits said... Representatives with BCFS said the Palm Aire will undergo a multi-million dollar transformation."

Perhaps the reason why the public's attention has not only been picqued by this news, but has led to a broad wave of outrage, is that a cursory scan of the Hotel complex reveals accomodations which are inaccessible to millions of Americans, let alone "unaccompanied minor immigrants."

BCFS has a prepared reason why it needs the funding:

BCFS runs a temporary detention center for young illegal immigrants at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. BCFS began as an orphanage for Hispanic children in San Antonio in 1944

"Children ... who weren't able to go into other orphanages. They weren't allowed at the white orphanages, they weren't allowed at the African-American orphanages," said Krista Piferrer, with BCFS external affairs

Perhaps it is true that the BCFS was overdue an expansion, but that does not explain the need for tens of millions for its purported relocation into what is effectively a resort that has tennis courts, swimming pools, and saunas? Because a quick glimpse at the website of the Palm Aire Hotel indeed reveals accomodation conditions that many Americans - the kind that actually pay taxes - would be delighted to spend the rest of their lives in:

Facility:

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Read the rest: Outrage Follows Report Government To Spend $50 Million On Resort For "Young Illegal Immigrants" | Zero Hedge

http://www.krgv.com/news/hotel-to-undergo-transformation-into-immigrant-center/
 
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The playbook for immigration hard-liners vis-a-vis the rush of minors to the U.S. border with Mexico goes something like this: Express concern and sympathy for the children, and advocate their deportation. This awkward juxtaposition got the satirical treatment from Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert last night. “I love the Latin American people,” said Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, in a sound bite captured by Colbert. She also said, “First thing you do is start deporting people — not by the hundreds, not by the dozens, by the thousands.”

Riffed Colbert: “It’s a tough love, or a very soft hate.”

The highlight of this segment, however, came via some Web-based reporting. The host highlighted Fox News clips casting a suspicious eye on plans to house illegal immigrants at the Palm Aire Hotel & Suites in Weslaco, Tex. One Fox Newser noted that the resort offered “indoor and outdoor pools, WiFi, cable, tennis courts, laundromat, snack bar, sauna, steam fitness center.” Meanwhile, Colbert & Co. hopped on TripAdvisor in an effort to allay the concerns of Fox News that U.S. tax dollars might be providing excess comfort to undocumented children. “Terrible hotel,” said one recent review on the site.

“The bottom line: We love these kids, and the worst hotel in the world is still too good for them,” said Colbert.

Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants - The Colbert Report - Video Clip | Comedy Central
 

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