Scores of undocumented migrants dropped off in Arizona

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Scores of undocumented immigrants from Central America have been released at Greyhound Lines Inc. bus stations in Tucson and Phoenix over the past several days after they were flown to Arizona from south Texas, officials acknowledged.

Andy Adame, a spokesman for the Border Patrol in Tucson, confirmed that over the weekend federal officials flew about 400 migrants apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to Tucson to be processed. He said the migrants were flown to Arizona because the Border Patrol does not have enough manpower to handle a surge in illegal immigrants in south Texas.

The release has drawn criticism from those on both sides of the immigration issue.

Border enforcement groups are concerned that the migrants will now disappear into the U.S., spurring even more to come illegally.

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Something is going on.

 

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Mine fields.

 

[Clementine]

This is not standard operating procedure. The feds haven't even given Arizona officials a head's up on this. We know how the administration feels about Arizona. They had the nerve to disagree with the way Obama is blatantly ignoring immigration laws, so this is probably a way to get even. This is crazy. We have thousands of people daily showing up just at one area in Texas and they walk right up to border patrol. They know they'll get fed and a place to sleep and then wait for the promised amnesty.

Obama knows what he is doing. Deliberately encouraging more illegal immigration by luring people with big promises.

"The adults, the adults with children, families — that continues unfettered and we have no idea where they are going," Wilder said. "The governor's questions remain unanswered, and she is outraged about the lack of information being provided to the state of Arizona about this program."
In a statement Friday, Homeland Security officials said "appropriate custody determinations will be made on a case by case basis" for migrants apprehended in South Texas. The department declined to comment on the reports that the program of flying migrant families to Arizona was being halted.

Homeland Security started flying immigrants to Arizona from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas last month after the number of immigrants, including more than 48,000 children traveling on their own, overwhelmed the Border Patrol there. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has said the immigrants were mostly families from Central America fleeing extreme poverty and violence. They were flown from Texas, released in Arizona, and told to report to an ICE office near where they were traveling within 15 days.

Brewer sent an angry letter to President Barack Obama on Monday demanding that the program of dropping off families at bus stations in Phoenix stop immediately. She called the program dangerous and unconscionable, asked for details and demanded to know why state authorities weren't consulted or even informed.

The governor said she hadn't received a response to her letter by Friday.

US agency still flying migrant families to Arizona