County working to minimize risks from illegal immigration
Late Thursday night, I received a call from Congressman Ryan Zinke’s office, briefing me on what they knew about a group of illegal aliens who had just flown into our airport. This continued with calls from Sheriff Brian Heino, and Mayor Mark Johnson of Kalispell. Information continued come in every few minutes.
We followed this up with meetings on Friday morning and afternoon. The details are still coming together but in a thumbnail: Two illegal alien families from Venezuela had crossed from Mexico into Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas flew them to New York in response to the president’s policy changes that have created an open border. Someone, or group, sent them from New York to the Flathead Thursday evening, and the sheriff has been dealing with this since because public safety and security of Flathead County’s residents are of utmost importance and is the primary responsibility of the sheriff and the Flathead County Commissioners.
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