Conservative political contributor Scottie Hughes called on Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) to step up and stop the Biden administration from dumping illegal immigrants into the Volunteer State.
Lee was notified by ICE Monday that “single adult detainees” coming up from the Southern border will be released into Tennessee while they wait for court proceedings.
“This should infuriate ever single Tennessean,” Hughes told “Wake Up Memphis” Wednesday. “Once these men are released, they can’t be tracked.”Hughes added: “I implore Gov. Lee to step up and do exactly what Gov. DeSantis (R-FL) and Gov. Abbot (R-TX) did…round them up and put them on a bus and ship them right to Nancy Pelosi’s house, right to Joe Biden’s house, right to Beau Biden’s House. I don’t care.”
Here is Gov. Lee’s full statement.
Listen to Hughe’s full interview below:“We’ve been informed by ICE that they plan to release single adult detainees into Tennessee while they await court proceedings. This is irresponsible and a threat to the safety of Tennesseans. Furthermore, we already have a national security crisis at our border, and the Biden administration’s attempt to revoke Title 42 will only incentivize more illegal crossings,” Governor Lee said in a statement. “It’s not compassionate to perpetuate a problem that leads to more exploitation and trafficking. 7,000 people unlawfully enter our country every day. This crisis is too big to ignore, and the only way to stop it is to secure the border. Placing the burden on states is not a solution, and we should not bear the brunt of the federal government’s failures. We are demanding the Biden administration reverse their plan for detainee relocation. In the meantime, we’re also discussing options with the Tennessee Attorney General and our federal delegation.”
