{"id":21606,"date":"2019-06-14T12:49:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21606"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:49:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:49:56","slug":"new-mexico-gov-sues-over-border-crisis-she-helped-create-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/06\/14\/new-mexico-gov-sues-over-border-crisis-she-helped-create-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Gov. Sues Over Border Crisis She Helped Create"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Monday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced via Twitter<\/a> that due to the \u201congoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border,\u201d her state would be suing the Trump administration for \u201cindiscriminately releasing migrants in communities in the state\u2019s borderland area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filed in conjunction with the city of Albuquerque, the goal of the lawsuit<\/a> is \u201cto ensure that New Mexico border communities are not unfairly overburdened and that asylum-seeking individuals and families are not left without basic necessities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city and state allege they have been \u201cprofoundly\nimpacted\u201d by the Trump administration\u2019s decision in October to cancel the \u201csafe\nrelease\u201d policy, which is a 10-year-old practice of coordinating transportation\nfor asylum seekers into the interior United States where they ostensibly would\nremain until their court hearing (if they so choose to appear).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Diego, which like Albuquerque is a sanctuary city, filed a similar motion<\/a> in April complaining that asylum seekers were staying put and the San Diego taxpayers were having to foot the bill. Interesting, since San Diego\u2019s politicians have shown no apprehension about spending resources on health and education benefits for illegal aliens already<\/em> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both lawsuits name the heads of various homeland security agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol\u00a0 \u2013 all agencies which have been warning for months about the worsening situation on the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As those same agency chiefs have been calling on\nCongress and state lawmakers to assist them in stopping illegal immigration,\nLujan Grisham has refused to acknowledge any crisis existed \u2013 until the illegal\naliens arrived in her backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lujan Grisham plaintively pleading for assistance to deal with the \u201chumanitarian crisis\u201d is the same woman who confidently asserted<\/a> in January after a visit to the border, \u201cI haven’t seen anything to indicate that we have an emerging crisis here at the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite border apprehensions averaging at more than 60,000 a month at the time, the newly-elected governor announced<\/a> in February plans to withdraw most of the 200 New Mexico National Guard troops already deployed to the border. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced via Twitter that due to the \u201congoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border,\u201d her state would be suing the Trump administration for \u201cindiscriminately releasing migrants in communities in the state\u2019s borderland area.\u201d Filed in conjunction with the city of Albuquerque, the goal of the lawsuit is<\/p>\n

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