Maine Gov. LePage complains: Housing eight immigrant kids is a ‘huge burden’

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/22/maine-gov-lepage-complains-housing-eight-immigrant-kids-is-a-huge-burden/



Maine Gov. LePage complains: Housing eight immigrant kids is a ‘huge burden’
By Reuters
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 18:43 EDT

BOSTON (Reuters) – Maine Governor Paul LePage blasted the White House on Tuesday for placing in his state eight children who tried to cross the border illegally.

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has been struggling to find shelter for the wave of unaccompanied child immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that have been arriving at the Mexican border, which is expected to reach 90,000 people by September.

“It is wrong for the federal government to force a higher burden on the people of Maine to pay for those who come to our country illegally,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “We cannot become a state that encourages illegal immigration. We simply cannot afford it.”

LePage, known for his combative tone and strained relations with state Democrats, said he had not been informed of the plan to house the children ahead of time. He joins a wave of Republican governors pushing back against the Democratic president on immigration. On Monday, Texas Governor Rick Perry said he would send 1,000 National Guard troops to the border to boost security.

[Downwinder]

1. Come a long way from The Maine Freedom trails.

http://www.portlandfreedomtrail.org/

[MarianJack]

2. From Day ONE...

...Paul LeramPage has represented nothing but the worst that Maine has to offer. He embarrasses us every time he opens his dopey mouth and he's a bully and a lousy governor. He is running this campaign to keep his teabagger base as happy as possible and he is PRAYING that Eliot Cutler saves his stupid pudgy ass...AGAIN!

I cannot wait for the LeramPage era of governing by temper tantrum to be OVER!

GO MIKE MICHAUD!!!

PEACE!

[luckyleftyme2]

3. the truth is

your post is absolutely correct;the sad fact is those on the right only have a vocabulary of
I,ME,I,ME-
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IN PUBLIC WHEN CONFRONTED-MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE WAS AT THE CASINO FRIDAY NIGHT. WHEN A HALF WIT SAID THAT OBAMA WAS THE WORST PRESIDENT WE EVER HAD AND WE SHOULD BE IN SYRIA RIGHT NOW. I REMINDED HIM THAT WE WENT INTO A 3 MONTH WAR IN IRAQ AND THAT THE SITTING PRESIDENT NOT ONLY GOT BIN LADEN BUT GOT OUR TROOPS OUT! AND THEN I SAID HE CLEANED UP THE MESS YOUR RIGHT WING PARTY MESSED UP ROYALLY! HE HUFFED UNTIL I STOOD UP AND HE SEE THE FIRE IN MY EYES- I'M 78 AND HE WAS PROBABLY 65 AT MOST-HE WAS NEAR MY SIZE BUT HE SAW NO FEAR IN MY EYES- LET ME TELL YA -I SEE BULL CHIT AND YELLA IN HIS HE VACATED IN A HURRY- THE LADY THAT WAS SMILING FOR HIM SITTING NEXT TO ME HAD NO IDEA I RECOGNIZED BOTH HIM AND HER-AS SHE WAS LEAVING I SAID TO HER TELL YOUR FRIEND THE OFFER IS GOOD ANYTIME AND I DOUBT YOU WILL POST THIS ON AMG! YOU SEE REGARDLESS WHAT WE DO WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT-I'M SURE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD THEIR 15 MINUTES-SIGNS ARE SHOWING EVERYWHERE THAT PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE NEGATIVE RIGHT-MARKET BASKET WAS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THE RIGHTS DEMISE