The Marion County Board passed a resolution Tuesday night not to expend any money on the immigration crisis.
Board member Brock Waggoner says the county doesn’t want to get into a situation larger cities are finding themselves.
“You see municipalities like Chicago and New York who are crying foul and their citizens are saying we are done, fed up and can’t support this. You are talking about billions of dollars. In those municipalities they have education funding and police enforcement being cut, again its stating that we welcome legal immigration and true asylum seekers but the current issue as a national politics is coming to Marion County.”
Waggoner says Effingham County has approved a similar resolution. State Representative Blaine Wilhour assisted in drafting the resolution.
There was no opposition.
