No funds for expected influx of Cuban refugees

[Judi Lynn]

No funds for expected influx of Cuban refugees
Sunday, January 10, 2016 | 9:35 AM

MIAMI, (CMC) – The Mayor of Miami has warned that the city does not have the funds to deal with the Cuban refugees who are expected to arrive from Central America in the coming weeks.

On Friday, Mayor Tomas Regalado said the federal government has not notified him of plans to provide shelter for the Cubans who have been stranded in Costa Rica since last November.

On November 15, Nicaragua closed its border to the Cubans on grounds of risks to its security and sovereignty, as a result just under 8,000 migrants from Cuba, who have been looking for a way to get to the United States, have been stuck in Costa Rica.

Faced with the likelihood that many will end up in Miami, Regalado said at present the municipal shelters “are full to capacity,” and asserted that the city simply does not have “the infrastructure to assimilate 20 or 30 more people a day.”

More:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/No-funds-for-expected-influx-of-Cuban-refugees

LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141307948#post24

[flamingdem]

1. Strange that there is no plan to resettle these refugees

or it's in the making. Maybe it's going to be the excuse to end the Adjustment Act.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Interesting point. Hadn't thought of it, but it looks like the time to make a move on this. n/t