Calif. Mayor: I Didn't Want Protesters To Turn Migrant Families Away- Just Encouraged It Day Before

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The mayor of Murietta, Calif., where protests forced Border Patrol to reroute buses of migrant families and children to a San Diego processing center, on Sunday defended his town's response to the overwhelming protests.

Mayor Alan Long distanced himself from the protests, explaining that the majority of protesters came from out of town and that police were not prepared for the volume of demonstrators.

"The world showed up on our doorstep," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."


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The incident came one day after Long urged residents to protest the federal government's decision to move the recent immigrants -- who he said were to be the first in a series of arrivals -- to the facility in his city.

"Murrieta expects our government to enforce our laws, including the deportation of illegal immigrants caught crossing our borders, not disperse them into our local communities," Long said Monday. The city had defeated two previous attempts to send migrants to the facility, he said.

[hobbit709]

1. And if you believe that I got a bridge for sale.

[napkinz]

2. ...

[Lifelong Protester]

3. ^^^^This^^^^^

And if I hear the chant "USA! USA!" again, I'll think of this shameful display.

[SoCalDem]

4. He is a telegenic young pol who wants to become a congressman

count on it

[shenmue]

5. Wait until he meets up with someone else who was once turned away from shelter.

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn."

http://biblehub.com/luke/2-7.htm