Maine Gov. LePage complains: Housing eight immigrant kids is a ‘huge burden’

[doxydad]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Maine Governor Paul LePage blasted the White House on Tuesday for placing in his state eight children who tried to cross the border illegally.

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has been struggling to find shelter for the wave of unaccompanied child immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that have been arriving at the Mexican border, which is expected to reach 90,000 people by September.

“It is wrong for the federal government to force a higher burden on the people of Maine to pay for those who come to our country illegally,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “We cannot become a state that encourages illegal immigration. We simply cannot afford it.”

Some Democratic governors, notably Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, have offered to host children at facilities in their states.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/22/maine-gov-lepage-complains-housing-eight-immigrant-kids-is-a-huge-burden/

Fat ass LePage is probably worried about those kids finding his hidden cookies...

[gollygee]

1. Can his state afford unwanted children abandoned after

their mothers are denied abortions? Republicans like this have trouble with live children but seem to think there are endless resources for future children who are now fetuses.

[mythology]

2. As opposed to the huge burden his utter incompetence places on the state?

With any luck, the groups opposed to him will rally around one candidate instead of splitting their votes again.

[catnhatnh]

3. I'm from New Hampshire...

Daily I wish we were more like Vermont...

Occasionally I wish we were more like Massachusetts...

Never have I wished to be more like Maine...

[pampango]

4. And which party does Mr. LePage belong to? You only get one guess. :)