Gov. Henry McMaster Bans South Carolina from Housing Unaccompanied Migrant Minors

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Gov. Henry McMaster Bans South Carolina from Housing Unaccompanied Migrant Minors

Joshua Caplan 13 Apr 2021

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) has issued an executive order directing South Carolina’s Department of Social Services (DSS) to block the U.S. government from placing unaccompanied migrant children from the U.S.-Mexico border in his state’s group or foster homes.

The Post and Courier reports:

    In a letter dated April 8, DSS Director Michael Leach informed Governor McMaster of the federal government’s preliminary inquiries to transport an unknown number of unaccompanied migrant children from the southern border and place them in South Carolina foster care and group homes licensed by DSS.

    Fearing the ultimate displacement of South Carolina’s most vulnerable children in an already-strained system, Governor McMaster responded to Director Leach: “South Carolina’s children must always be given first priority for placement into foster care and the State’s strained resources must be directed to addressing the needs of its children. Allowing the federal government to place an unlimited number of unaccompanied migrant children into our state’s child welfare system for an unspecified length of time is an unacceptable proposition. We’ve been down this road with the federal government before and the state usually ends up ‘on the hook.’”

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https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/04/13/gov-henry-mcmaster-bans-south-carolina-from-housing-unaccompanied-migrant-minors/

[libertybele]

While this is a great directive, my first thought was that the feds could easily see this as a way to bring their parents or guardians in; therefore they would no longer be 'unaccompanied'.

[Fishrrman]

This is "the way to do it".
(bele's observation notwithstanding)...