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Advertisement'Not our problem': Gov. Reynolds declines request to house migrant children in IowaHide TranscriptShow TranscriptMICHAEL WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH. STACEY: RIGHT NOW. A HISTORIC NUMBER OF CHILDREN TRAVELING ALONE ARE CROSSING THE U.S., MEXICO BORDER. U.S. AUTHORITIES SAY JUST LAST MONTH, THEY PICKED UP NEAR 19,000 CHILDREN WHO WERE TRAVELING WITHOUT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. THAT’S ABOUT DOUBLE THE NUMBER IN FEBRUARY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS INFLUX ON CHILDREN SINCE ANNOUNCING IT WOULD NOT TURN THEM AWAY AT THE BORDER. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS IOWA WILL NOT BE TAKING-IN ANY OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING HELD AT THE BORDER. SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE CRISIS THIS MORNING, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFF ANGELO ON WHO RADIO. KCCI’S CYNTHIA FODOR TELLS US WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD TO SAY. CYNTHIA: THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO HELP WITH HOUSING MIGRANT CHILDREN AND THE STATE SAID NO. THE GOVERNOR SAID WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES AND HAVE TROUBLE PLACING IOWA CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOMES RIGHT NOW. DEMOCRAT LEADERS SAY IOWA HAS A HISTORY OF HELPING IMMIGRANTS AND THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED, BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF IOWANS IS HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. &gt;&gt; WE WILL NOT DO THAT. WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES. WE ARE NOT SET UP TO DO THAT. THIS IS NOT OUR PROBLEM. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT’S PROBLEM. HE’S THE ONE WHO OPENED THE BORDERS. HE NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND HE NEEDS TO STOP IT SO AT THIS POINT, NO. AND JEFF, WE HAVE KIDS WE HAVE TROUBLE PLACING RIGHT RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IOWA CHILDREN, THAT NEED THOSE FOSTER HOMES. &gt;&gt; I THINK IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE’RE NOT WILLING TO HELP AND TO SHOW THAT IOWA IS A GENEROUS AND WELCOMING STATE. NOW, GOVERNOR RAY TOOK THE OPPOSITE APPROACH. AND YOU KNOW, THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. I’M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE AS IOWANS AREN’T STANDING UP TO HELP. CYNTHIA: THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS IS NOW REQUESTING A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR TO ASK HER TO RECONSIDER THIS. GOVERNOR. LULAC POLITICAL DIRECTOR JOE HENRY SAYS IOWA WOULD BE ASKED TO PROVIDE REFUGE FOR ABOUT 300 CHILDREN. HEAR FROM HIM ON OUR NEWS AT 6:00. CYNTHIA FODOR, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STACEY: 10 IOWA SHERIFFS ADDED THEIR NAMES TO A NATIONWIDE LETTER THIS WEEK CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS. THEY COME FROM ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING CARROLL, GREEN, LUCAS, AND GRUNDY COUNTIES. THE LETTER SAYS IN PART, YOU MUST ACT NOW BEFORE OUR NATION’S PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE CRIMINAL SIDE EFFECTS OF UNCHECKED ILLEAdvertisement'Not our problem': Gov. Reynolds declines request to house migrant children in IowaGov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday during a radio interview that she declined a request by the Department of Health and Human Services to take in immigrant children being held at the U.S. border with Mexico.The governor talked about the request during an interview with Jeff Angelo on WHO Radio.Reynolds said Iowa does not have the facilities to help and that her priority is to protect the health and safety of Iowans.“We will not do that,” Reynolds said during the interview with WHO Radio. “We do not have the facilities. We are not set up to do that. This is not our problem; this is the president's problem. He's the one who opened the borders. He needs to be responsible for this and he needs to stop it. So, at this point, no. Reynolds went on to say that the state already struggles to place Iowa children into foster homes.According to The Associated Press, nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped at the Mexican border last month.Many migrants are fleeing poverty and violence in Central America.Joe Henry, political director of LULAC Iowa, said the state would be asked to provide refuge for about 300 children.In a statement to KCCI, Henry said, "As you know, Iowa has always been a welcoming state for refugees, under Gov. (Robert) Ray with southeast Asians in the '70s and '80s, and even with Gov. (Terry) Brandstad, when 50,000 refugees were fleeing Central America every month during the summer of 2014."Henry explained that Iowa's elected leaders are being asked if they are willing to provide refuge for, "only several hundred children and family members" and that other states are asked to do the same.He went on to say, "Shame on the governor and those Iowa county sheriffs who are pandering to their hateful political base!!!"Ten Iowa sheriffs added their names to a nationwide letter calling on President Joe Biden to address the border crisis. The sheriffs come from counties across the state, Carroll, Green, Luca, and Grundy counties.The letter says, in part, "you must act now before our nation's public safety resources are overwhelmed with the criminal side effects of unchecked illegal immigration."Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday during a radio interview that she declined a request by the Department of Health and Human Services to take in immigrant children being held at the U.S. border with Mexico.The governor talked about the request during an interview with .AdvertisementReynolds said Iowa does not have the facilities to help and that her priority is to protect the health and safety of Iowans.“We will not do that,” Reynolds said during the interview with WHO Radio. “We do not have the facilities. We are not set up to do that. This is not our problem; this is the president's problem. He's the one who opened the borders. He needs to be responsible for this and he needs to stop it. So, at this point, no. Reynolds went on to say that the state already struggles to place Iowa children into foster homes.According to nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped at the Mexican border last month.Many migrants are fleeing poverty and violence in Central America.Joe Henry, political director of LULAC Iowa, said the state would be asked to provide refuge for about 300 children.In a statement to KCCI, Henry said, "As you know, Iowa has always been a welcoming state for refugees, under Gov. (Robert) Ray with southeast Asians in the '70s and '80s, and even with Gov. (Terry) Brandstad, when 50,000 refugees were fleeing Central America every month during the summer of 2014."Henry explained that Iowa's elected leaders are being asked if they are willing to provide refuge for, "only several hundred children and family members" and that other states are asked to do the same.He went on to say, "Shame on the governor and those Iowa county sheriffs who are pandering to their hateful political base!!!"Ten Iowa sheriffs added their names to calling on President Joe Biden to address the border crisis. The sheriffs come from counties across the state, Carroll, Green, Luca, and Grundy counties.The letter says, in part, "you must act now before our nation's public safety resources are overwhelmed with the criminal side effects of unchecked illegal immigration."Loading more articles...

Advertisement'Not our problem': Gov. Reynolds declines request to house migrant children in IowaHide TranscriptShow TranscriptMICHAEL WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH. STACEY: RIGHT NOW. A HISTORIC NUMBER OF CHILDREN TRAVELING ALONE ARE CROSSING THE U.S., MEXICO BORDER. U.S. AUTHORITIES SAY JUST LAST MONTH, THEY PICKED UP NEAR 19,000 CHILDREN WHO WERE TRAVELING WITHOUT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. THAT’S ABOUT DOUBLE THE NUMBER IN FEBRUARY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS INFLUX ON CHILDREN SINCE ANNOUNCING IT WOULD NOT TURN THEM AWAY AT THE BORDER. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS...

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