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Saturday, July 26, 2014

‘Send Them Back’: Wealthy Cape Cod Town Rejects Plan to House Immigrant Children

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has answered the call to shelter immigrant children, but Cape Cod residents aren’t having it.

Last week, the Democratic governor announced his offer to house up to 1,000 children at Camp Edwards military base on Cape Cod. Concerned for the children’s wellbeing, Patrick declared, “I think we are the kind of country and the kind of Commonwealth who can step up.”

The town of Bourne disagrees.

A wealthy and historic community at the mouth of Cape Cod, Bourne traditionally attracts vacationers and tourists, not refugees. Residents fear the influx of migrant children could change this forever.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

about time now lets see them send them to Martha's vineyard, Beverly hills and every other community that thinks bummer is so great!

Anonymous said...

That's so funny because 90% of residents there are liberals.

Anonymous said...

Is this really happening?