Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The Washington Times - Fighting back: Residents force feds to scrap plan to house illegals at St. Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, Virginia


Fighting back: Residents force feds to scrap plan to house illegals at Va. college

The government's plan to temporarily shelter hundreds of minors illegally crossing the Southwest border at Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia is on hold. (Associated PRess)

The Obama administration Monday abruptly halted plans to shelter some of the children surging across the border at a defunct college in rural Virginia, as the White House has continued to see its efforts to house the children throughout the country be thwarted by opposition from local officials.

As many as 500 children were to start arriving this week at St. Paul’s College, a recently closed historically black college in Lawrenceville, Virginia. But the Health and Human Services Department’s plans were stymied, at least temporarily, after town and county officials objected to the short notice and complete lack of community input. . . .