Nashville Nonprofits And Churches To Help Illegal Immigrants Heading To Tennessee
Image Credit: Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition / Facebook
The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] –
A spokesman for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division has stated that a non-government organization in Nashville has volunteered to assist with individuals who are scheduled to be transported to Tennessee.
The organization is expected to help with the cost of hotels and then arrangements for moving the illegal immigrants on, in some cases to reunite with family members in the U.S.
It is still unknown how many immigrants will be transported to the state.
In an emailed statement to Main Street Nashville, the ICE spokesman said, “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes custody determinations daily, on a case-by-case basis, and in accordance with U.S. law and Department of Homeland Security policy, considering the merits and factors of each case while adhering to guidelines, and legal mandates.”
Since President Joe Biden took office, record high numbers of illegal aliens have entered into the United States through the southern border.
In 2019, fewer than 900,000 people were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents. In 2021 that number jumped to 1.6 million. The 2022 fiscal year saw more than 2.2 million people being detained.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has said that his office is “exploring all options” to ensure the safety of Tennesseans.
“The lack of appropriate notice and the lack of transparency by both the federal government and its local partners means we must work quickly,” Skrmetti said. “Tennesseans should not be forced to bear the burden of the federal government’s ongoing failure to secure the border.”
Immigrant advocates have said that the plan to bus migrants to Nashville is a more coordinated effort between the federal government and local nonprofits and churches to assist the vetted and released immigrants .
Lisa Sherman Luna, executive director of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, said that she was notified of the plan, along with other groups, a few weeks ago. Sherman Luna said that federal immigration officials planned to pay for buses to transport asylum seekers who wished to travel to Tennessee. Then Nashville nonprofits and churches volunteered to organize temporary beds, flights out of the state, food, as well as other necessary items such as diapers.
According to Lisa Graybill, vice president of Law and Policy for the National Immigration Law Center, the vast majority of the immigrants are asylum seekers, having followed the legal process of presenting themselves at the U.S. border, where they are then assessed and found to have a credible fear of persecution in their home countries.
About the Author: Paula Gomes is a Tennessee resident and reporter for The Tennessee Conservative. You can reach Paula at paula@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
Just make sure you do-gooders are footing the bill.
Could not have said it better then that
These people should take themselves and the illegals and move to a liberal state
No. The financial burden is closer to
$60,000.00
Words Matter.
The changing creep of identifying language is particularly insulting to Americans, “illegal alien”, then “Undocumented worker”, “asylum immigrants”, “refugee”
“Illegal immigrants “,
No. To be correct its.
FIVE MILLION INVASIVE
CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS.
I’d demand an itemized cost analysis from Tn.Rep. Bryan Terry however his office does not recognize voters.
Or I could contact Tn. Sen. Shane Reeves, but alas his office does not know how to answer the phone or read email.
Gov. Lil’Billy Lee’s office has absolutely no working knowledge of any communication method.
McNally
Sexton
Appearrently there are not any communication devises in the Tn state legislature
Hey, Billy the invading criminal aliens need a Blue forwarding address
So get to it.
Bus should be stopped and refugees turned around as soon as they get to the TN border.
What part of illegal don’t they understand?
It’s disgusting that illegals get all the benefits while our citizens and veterans can’t get any help and are turned away from shelters. Our people should get first option for shelters and that the illegals live on the street in 5 degree weather!
How about giving us a list of the organizations in your next article?We could at least boycott the charities and get the word out to others. Don’t keep this in the dark!
I don’t support illegal immigration. I do support a border wall. I do not support efforts to transport illegal immigrants to Tennessee. I think that they should be arrested/detained and deported. However, I do not fault any non-profit – especially churches, for feeding the hungry, regardless of their status.
Who is savvy enough to backtrack their “donors” to the real sources? Catholic charities? Soros, Clinton, Obama, Gates, Zuckerberg?
Probable we would find out these churches are getting money from our tax dollars. AKA the government
Their NON- Profit status should be pulled for helping ILLEGAL ALIENS.
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If the illegals can’t live in their home country, take them back to Mexico, where they came from
Have the politicians thought about the coming food shortage ? How do we feed the world/? This has to stop
Seems that 99% of the illegals are men, and that means they either take our jobs, or go on welfare.
Did you know that Mexico is meeting the illegals at their southern border and taking them by bus after bus to our border? Yes!..Take them back to Mexico. I guess Mexico is tired of them clogging their streets…..so, off to Texas.!
Please name the non-profits and churches. Is Bill Lee’s church one?
5 million unskilled illegals have come since Biden too over. 4 million were processed and 1 million “got-aways”. The average cost to taxpayers is $30,000 each = $150 Billion a year.
DEFUND NGOs
List
robertbluey.com
Dec.09,2022
Heritage Foundation
Maybe if we start pushing Kevin McCarthy now hopefully there will be a house bill by 2024 that could pass
Don’t kno if the Tn legislature funds any NGOs that are helping to cut America’s throat
Doubt we would get straight answer from McNally or Sexton