Details are sketchy concerning a busload of 19 illegal immigrants stopped by deputies with the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office this past Friday.
What is known is the driver was unable to produce a U.S. Driver’s license and presented deputies with a Mexican voter registration card. The bus was pulled over for swerving over the center line, GTCS Capt. Brandon Brinks told The Midwesterner.
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Brinks added that the deputies issued the bus driver a citation before contacting U.S. Border Patrol due to the language barrier.
According to UpNorthLive, the bus was stopped on the side of the road for approximately five hours.
“On Friday, U.S. Border Patrol was contacted by the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s office to assist after a bus transporting 19 undocumented non-citizens was pulled over by deputies for erratic driving,” according to an email received by The Midwesterner from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.
“Subsequently, the 19 undocumented non-citizens were transported to the Sault Ste. Marie Border Patrol Station where they were processed and served a Notice To Appear. The individuals have been placed in immigration removal proceedings,” the spokesperson added, noting that additional information cannot be released due to the ongoing investigation.
Border patrol called to investigate after bus was pulled over by deputies in Grand Traverse County.
Details: https://t.co/CwV5fwlkTo pic.twitter.com/TuZrLzyPCQ
— UpNorthLive News (@upnorthlive) February 23, 2024
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Last week, The Midwesterner reported that the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Development was asking state residents to house migrants.
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“Programs like the Welcome Corps advance the Office of Global Michigan’s mission to make Michigan the home for opportunity for our immigrant, refugee and ethnic communities,” Poppy Hernandez, Global Michigan Director and Michigan’s Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, said in a statement. “Expanded refugee resettlement pathways empower more Michiganders to support our state’s growing refugee population and build a more welcoming and inclusive Michigan for all.”
Potential migrant candidates are of Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan or Venezuelan nationality, according to the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer-led agency.
That request prompted a sarcastic response from Tom Barrett, a Republican running for a seat in the Michigan House of Representatives.
It is outrageous that @GovWhitmer is asking Michigan residents to house illegal immigrants. She is provided with a 10,000 sq ft residence and a 7,000 sq ft cottage, how many does she plan to take in? How about @CurtisHertelJr? pic.twitter.com/rzP1NcjbHN
— Tom Barrett (@tombarrettmi7) February 21, 2024
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It’s time to start killing them at the border.
Had enough yet America?
Call them what they are: illegal aliens. i.e. CRIMINALS on the run.
“Placed in immigration proceedings”, translation they were released into the community.
Programs like the Welcome Corps advance the SLAVERY and an ELITIST agenda.
WHitler is complicit in this crime and should be punished in full compliance of existing laws.
What a joke, Thanks Whitmer
send these illegal beaners back to make their own country great, they want to come to the usa and make it a sh-t hole like they make their country.
How is Barrett’s response sarcastic? Let’s not make it an editorial, Midwesterner. We all know it’s a problem. Much more serious than you’re letting on.
Take them back downstate
Prior to biden Administration, the Federal Gov’t spent approx $150 Billion on Illegal Aliens, both in Enforcement and Welfare Programs.
That number last year was close to $500 Billion, with a majority of the Increase coming in the form of Transportation across the United States and More Welfare
Even democrat Leadership in States and Cities is Complaining about the Excessive Hardships Caused by Illegal Aliens
Sadly, even knowing it Hurts Americans (including themselves),
democrat base Still Faithfully votes for the “d”
We need short, fast trials and firing squads. Lots and lots and lots of firing squads!!!!