Posted on: April 12, 2021 03:36 PM

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South Carolina the first state to ban illegal migrants

The South Carolina governor issued an executive order to not allow illegal immigrants in his state for placements. This is including unaccompanied migrant children. The order is effective starting today. The governor's order comes following correspondence with the state's dept of social services on the child welfare system's capacity to accommodate an influx of minors. Fearing the ultimate displacement of South Carolina's most vulnerable children in an already-strained system, Governor McMaster responded: "South Carolina's children must always be given first priority for placement into foster care and the state's strained resources must be directed to addressing the needs of its children. Allowing the federal government to place an unlimited number of unaccompanied migrant children into our state's child welfare system for an unspecified length of time is an unacceptable proposition. We've been down this road with the federal government before and the state usually ends up 'on the hook.'" Meanwhile NY is adding an average of 1,000 unaccompanied migrants each week and the number is expected to be 25,000.