Time to back off the crisis for a while.
Jenkins, who spoke in front of the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin Guadalupe, said the number of child refugees crossing from Mexico into Texas has dropped by half, from 300 per day in June, to 150 per day in July.
Hotter weather? Except Dallas has been - unexpectedly - cool in July. 71-82 today.
Just a few weeks ago, Jenkins generated national headlines -- and some controversy - when he announced the county would welcome 2,000 of the kids being housed in overcrowded facilities along the border.
The adjacent county to the north (Collin) held a public hearing this week, which was jam-packed with people who wanted the kids sent back and the border controlled.
The county offered the federal government two closed schools and a hospital building to become temporary shelters.
The radio said the Feds were going to build permanent shelters for incoming junior democratic voters. The radio also said 30,000 have already been placed in foster homes. That'll help those Central American countries control their borders!
"The feeling that I have right now," Jenkins said, "is just gratitude to a faith community | You mean the Catholics, Mr. Jenkins? Why not actually name them, especially when speaking from their cathedral shrine? |
Not angry about the (illegal) immigrants, just about the open boarder attraction. Sorry about the kids, but without open borders, we'd not know about it, would we? Should we also house the Liberian kids? Syrians? Gazans? Chinese? French?
Jenkins said Dallas County would continue to have a role in dealing with the immigrant kids.
Because he wants his constituents to contribute. Well, the taxpaying part, anyway.
"We'll be sending lawyers to Fort Sill, we'll have lawyers going to Lackland," he said. "Just because there are not children here, does not mean we don't need this legal community of close to 10 thousand lawyers to stay engaged in this process."
Lawyers pro bono? Or at the expense of me, my kids, grandkids, and the yet-unborn?