As usual, most of America seems to be turning a blind eye to the border crisis that has gripped the nation because they do not see it as affecting them on a personal level. Now the government plans to house up to 500 illegal alien children on the closed HBCU campus of St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. The HBCU was founded by the Episcopal Church in 1888 and is one of only three black colleges that were founded by the church. The other colleges are Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina and Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina.
St. Paul’s College ceased operation after 125 years in 2013 and the campus buildings have been sitting dormant, until bankruptcy courts decide the final sale of the 132 acre campus. The vast majority of the community of Lawrenceville is opposed to the plan to house the children. Lawrenceville town council president Robert F. Pecht III stated “We were told it was a done deal. The lease was signed, and that was it.”
The ages of the illegal alien children housed will be from 11 to 17, and that has residents concerned about escapes, crime and disease. Jerry Prince, the owner of Prince’s Barber Shop in Lawrenceville, said “Even kids carry diseases like smallpox, chickenpox and scabies.” It turns out that the fear of disease from the children is real. Even immigration officials have stated that many of the children have never seen a doctor and are found to have head lice and scabies.
The plan is for the children to be housed there until they can be reunited with family members or deported back to their country of origin. The government has already dispersed illegal alien children to Massachusetts, California, Texas and other states during this crisis.
