House Passes Resolution Condemning the Housing of Migrants at Public Schools; House Passes Resolution to Condemn Using Schools as Migrant Shelters

House passes resolution condemning the housing of migrants at public schools:

House Republicans passed a resolution Thursday condemning the housing of illegal immigrants in taxpayer-funded schools.

The resolution, which passed, 223 to 201, with seven Democrats voting with the GOP, states that:

• Housing illegal immigrants in schools “diverts critical resources away from students.” 

• Housing adult, unvetted illegal immigrants in public schools poses a safety risk to children. 

• Schools should not be “the sacrificial lamb” for the Biden administration’s failed progressive policies.

“With the passage of my resolution, this Congress agrees that we will not tolerate officials at the state and local level using taxpayer-funded schools and facilities to play cleanup for President Biden and the progressive left’s broken border policies,” Rep. Brandon Williams, New York Republican and co-sponsor of the bill, said.

Democrats said the resolution unfairly depicted migrants.

“It’s Republicans spending time — and taxpayer dollars — to trot out stereotypes of migrants as dangerous and dirty and who knows what else,” Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García of Illinois said during a floor speech.

“Let’s remember who Republicans are targeting with this language,” he said. “They’re targeting migrants — many of them asylum seekers who come to this country, who risk their lives — and to our cities seeking safety and stability.” —>READ MORE HERE

House passes resolution to condemn using schools as migrant shelters:

House Republicans passed a resolution Thursday condemning the use of elementary and secondary school grounds as migrant shelters.

The resolution, which will not have practical consequences, passed on a purely party-line vote, with 219 Republicans in favor, and 206 Democrats against.

Still, it adds another chapter to the ongoing partisan wrangling over how to handle asylum seekers released into the country.

“Using school facilities as shelter for illegal aliens instead of as schools, as they were intended, creates a host of issues ranging from safety hazards for young children to a freefall of security issues as a result of not providing the adequate accommodations or security screening,” Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), the author of the resolution, said in a floor speech.

Miller-Meeks said her resolution “bans the Biden administration” from repurposing schools, but the measure doesn’t have the power to compel the administration, and it’s been local jurisdictions, not the federal government, engaged in the practice.

Democrats opposed the resolution, saying it was based on dangerous stereotypes.

“It’s Republicans spending time — and taxpayer dollars — to trot out stereotypes of migrants as dangerous and dirty and who knows what else,” Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) said in a floor speech. —>READ MORE HERE

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