Hundreds of migrants will be sent weekly to South Florida

More than 1,000 migrants will be sent to South Florida every month to ease the population increase at the border, local authorities said.

Broward executives released the news online Thursday, saying "hundreds of immigrants will arrive in Broward County every week with no designated shelter or funding to house, feed and protect them."

Broward Mayor Mark Bogen told The Herald that US Customs and Border Protection had informed the Broward County Sheriff's Office that 270 migrants would be flown to Palm Beach and Broward every week from 15 days. It's over 1000 a month.

The leaders say they are jostling because the local homeless shelters are full and that the government has not yet developed a housing plan.

"We expect the creation of a huge roaming problem," Bogen said. "The administration puts them down and says" good luck "to them. They then expect our sheriff's office to be a bus service. We are not a bus service.

The Miami Herald did not confirm the impending influx of US Customs and Border Protection services, which sent all requests to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS sent all questions to CBP. None of the agencies answered questions on Thursday afternoon.

It remains unclear whether Broward's leaders refer to adults or children and their families. Unaccompanied minors will apparently not be part of the influx, as these populations are managed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services.

"It's a humanitarian crisis. We will do everything possible to help these people. If the president does not provide us with the necessary financial assistance to house and feed these people, he will create a homeless camp, "said Broward Mayor Mark Bogen in a statement, stating that a "sudden influx of immigrants would weigh more heavily on Broward County's social services. and will further hurt immigrants who will stay here without money, housing or basic knowledge of the region. "

The county is currently seeking charities, non-profit organizations and local businesses.

Bogen said incoming migrants would be treated at the customs and border protection offices of the two counties – at Dania Beach and West Palm Beach. Senator Marco Rubio said that local law enforcement officials told him that once treated, they would be released into the community while waiting for an asylum hearing.

Mack Bernard, Mayor of Palm Beach County, said the transfer of responsibility for caring families of migrants should not be transferred to the communities of South Florida.

"If so many people arrive in Palm Beach County, we may have to declare a national emergency because they will disperse us," said Bernard, noting that the city was already struggling with its own homelessness problem. "The burden that will affect us will be enormous, especially our school system. We are not a border state. We are the state of Florida. "

The news was even more striking in excluding Miami-Dade from advertised flights and avoiding Florida's most populous county.

Of the three counties in South Florida, only Miami-Dade complied with Trump's demands early in his government to end so-called "sanctuary" policies for undocumented immigrants.

A few days after Trump took office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ordered local jails to continue to accept immigration officer detention applications. The applications apply to persons incarcerated in a prison for an unrelated local indictment who are also wanted by immigration officials for possible deportation. The detainees request the local law enforcement authorities to detain the person for 48 hours in order to allow ICE agents to take her into custody.

In April, Trump confirmed press reports that his administration would send border immigration offenders to sanctuary jurisdictions.