Southern border immigration crisis comes to tiny Michigan town
By Izzy Lyman | WatchdogWire.com
STOP: Protesters in Vassar, Mich., aren’t excited about plans to relocate some of the illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s southern border their tiny town.
The immigration crisis on the southern border, involving tens of thousands of minors from El Salvador, Honduras,and Guatemala, has become a concern for Michiganders who live in a rural community with fewer than 3,000 people.
Wolverine Human Services, a social services agency that typically helps needy Michigan children, is in the process of securing a contract and negotiating with the Office of Refugee Resettlement to bring between 60-120 male illegal immigrants, between the ages of 12-17, to the small city of Vassar without any input from residents of the community.
About 100 concerned citizens, some bearing signs, gathered outside the Vassar City Hall Monday night to let public officials know what they think.
