Juneau County Republicans falsely claim 'planes full' of refugees arriving in Wisconsin [View all]

Juneau County Republicans falsely claim ‘planes full’ of refugees arriving in Wisconsin
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/politifactwisconsin/2024/07/03/juneau-county-republicans-make-false-claim-about-planes-of-refugees/74282584007/


Migrants, asylum seekers or other kinds of immigrants have not been transported en masse to Wisconsin cities.
The federal government flies refugees to the U.S. for resettlement on commercial planes. They are highly vetted and arrive legally.

Immigration at the southern border is one of voters’ top concerns in the upcoming election.

And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s large-scale operation to bus thousands of migrants and asylum seekers to other U.S. cities has drawn both scrutiny and praise.

But Wisconsin cities have not been locations where migrants, asylum seekers or other kinds of immigrants have been transported en masse.

Despite that fact, the Republican Party of Juneau County posted on Facebook: “Ask Governor Evers why planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!”.....................