President Joe Biden could be getting some new neighbors, if one state senator gets his way.
A legislator in Pennsylvania is pushing a bill to transport illegal immigrants in the Keystone State to Delaware, the president’s home state.
Mario Scavello, a Republican, filed a memorandum for the legislation, which takes inspiration from a previous proposal in Florida.
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Scavello also invited his fellow state lawmakers to back the proposal.
“In the very near future, I intend to introduce legislation to address the influx of illegal immigrants being relocated into Pennsylvania,” Scavello wrote. “This legislation is in response to many news reports and many concerned citizens who have reached out to my office regarding the relocation of illegal immigrants into their communities in the past, now and in the future.”
The president has been subjected to harsh criticism regarding his handling of the southern border crisis, and Scavello’s efforts are simply the latest in Republican-led backlash.
The Biden administration has struggled to address the southern border’s overcrowded immigration facilities, and flights carrying illegal immigrants have reportedly been unloaded in states such as Pennsylvania and Florida.
One such flight is said to have arrived in Pennsylvania in December as a way to reunite unaccompanied children with family members and sponsors.
“The federal government has relocated an unknown number of illegal immigrants to states across the nation, including Pennsylvania, and at the same time they have failed to provide information that ensures the safety of Pennsylvania citizens,” according to Scavello.
“The open-border policy of the Presidents Administration has created a health crisis as well as a financial crisis,” he said, “and states across the nation are being forced to pay for the reckless abandonment of the rule of law. What is most concerning is that Governor Wolf has jeopardized the safety and security of Pennsylvania residents by enabling this and by not acting on this, he is aligning himself with such policies.”
The flood of illegal immigrants has exacerbated the spread of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania and strained its taxpayers through increasing educational costs, Scavello claimed.
“How many illegal immigrants has the President relocated to his own home state of Delaware? If it is good enough for Pennsylvania, then why not redirect the relocation to Delaware?” Scavello said.
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“Consequently, I am proposing legislation, similar to a proposal in the state of Florida, which would implement a transportation program for the unauthorized relocation of illegal immigrants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the state of Delaware. In addition, this legislation would ban the issuance of state contract work with any federal contractors working with the federal government to transport illegal immigrants into Pennsylvania.”
