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Anne Williams is urged to sit down during a hearing on bringing immigrant children to Saint Paul’s College. U.S. officials acknowledged a contract had been signed June 12, with the refugees to arrive June 19, without consultation with local elected officials.
More than 1,000 people attended a public hearing on a federal plan to shelter immigrant children at Saint Paul’s College.
BY KARIN KAPSIDELIS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Federal immigration officials on Friday scrapped a plan to open a shelter for young refugees on the Saint Paul’s College campus after more than 1,000 people turned out to angrily denounce the move.
“We have heard the concerns of many of the residents and leaders of Lawrenceville about the proposal to temporarily care for unaccompanied children at the now-closed Saint Paul’s College,” said Mark A. Weber, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a statement. “We have taken this proposal off the table and will move on quickly to identify other sites to temporarily house these vulnerable children.”
Read: Letter from HHS
The Homeland Security vehicles and employees who had been on the campus for the past few weeks have left, said Brunswick County Sheriff Brian K. Roberts.
“As of 3:41 p.m. today, we received official written notification from HHS that they are leaving immediately,” Roberts said. “The citizens of Brunswick were heard loud and clear, and that’s all I ever wanted was for us to be informed.”
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