Two Russians flee to Alaska by small boat and ask for asylum

[In It to Win It]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/two-russians-flee-alaska-small-boat-ask-asylum-rcna51082

Two Russian nationals sought asylum in Alaska on Tuesday when they landed by boat on St. Lawrence Island, leaving lawmakers from the state asking the federal government for extra support in case more Russians flee to Alaska amid President Vladimir Putin's military call-up.

The town of Gambell on the northwestern tip of the island is more than 60 miles from mainland Russia across the Bering Strait. Local authorities first encountered the Russian nationals and contacted the U.S. Coast Guard for help.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called the federal response "lacking" and said that Customs and Border Protection had to send Coast Guard responders from over 750 miles away.

[NBachers]

1. Lisa Lisa Lisa . . . how . . . predictable

[Renew Deal]

2. Build a wall

[brooklynite]

3. Build a wall!

[Botany]

4. Oh Good God in Butter the Coast Guard doesn't have any ships or aircraft on stationed on ...

.... St. Lawrence Island.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called the federal response "lacking" and said that Customs and Border
Protection had to send Coast Guard responders from over 750 miles away.

BTW the USCG had a plane at St. Lawrence Island with in hours to pick up the 2 Russians too.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. They're white

Hence Republicans are okay with them.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Not a caravan. Is it a flotilla of Russians swarming the border?

[Brother Buzz]

7. Emergency, everybody to get from street

[milestogo]

8. Give them directions to Sarah Palin's house.

She's an expert on Russia.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. Call Abbott and DeSatan for transportation.

[Richard D]

10. How long before there are . . .

. . . Borscht Trucks on every corner.

[treestar]

11. gee Senator, it's not as if that area has been

a regular route for asylum seekers.

And 2 people? You have trouble with that? Maybe the Palins can help.

[Delphinus]

12. Why don't

we give them asylum? Or do they want to send them back to be cannon fodder? I kind of give them props for their escape plan.

[Gore1FL]

13. Fly them to DeSantis' house. nt

[Hotler]

14. The russians are coming