[Keilar:] Missouri is looking to be the next state ready to enact harsh restrictions on abortion. The Missouri State House just passed their bill which bans abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. As with the law signed in Alabama earlier this week, there's no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. The law is expected to be signed by the state's Republican governor. This law along with the restrictions passed in states like Alabama and Georgia could all end up at the Supreme Court. The Trump administration is said to be sending two Democratic strongholds in Florida an unexpected surprise airplanes of migrants from El Paso, Texas. The Palm Beach County sheriff says the federal government, the Border Patrol informed Broward and Palm Beach Counties that it will be sending more than 100 immigrants each week to each of these counties. That's a total of about 1,000 people per month. Palm Beach County Mayor Mack Bernard has grave concerns about the plan. He's with us now. Sir, thank you for coming on to discuss this.
[Mack Bernard, , Palm Beach County Mayor:] Thanks for having me, Brianna.
[Keilar:] This is set to begin here in two weeks. What are your concerns?
[Bernard:] This is totally outrageous that the Palm Beach County tax taxpayers are going to receive individuals from the border. We are not a border state. Palm Beach County is a coastal area where we have over 1.5 million residents. And now the president's made the decision that he's going to shift his responsibility in regard to dealing with the humanitarian crisis that's going at the border and shifting it to the taxpayers of Palm Beach County and that's not fair.
[Keilar:] I want to preface this question that I have for you by making clear that your county Palm Beach and also neighboring Broward County don't consider themselves to be sanctuary cities. Your county says you're in accordance with federal immigration laws. You are Democratic strongholds, though, no friends of the president. And the Trump administration considers these counties sanctuary cities. Do you believe that this move is politically motivated and that the president is making good on his proposal to send migrants to sanctuary cities?
[Bernard:] Well, first of all, Palm Beach County is not a sanctuary county and the sheriff's office has been very cooperative with the immigration enforcement in Palm Beach County. We hope that this is not politically motivated because of the fact that when we're dealing with the issues in Palm Beach County in terms of homelessness, housing, hurricanes, we don't look at political affiliations. We look at addressing the needs of our residents. And now the president wants to send his problems to Palm Beach County and that's not fair. And what we hope is that administration will create a plan to address this situation. We have no idea who is coming to Palm Beach County. Are there families? Are there kids and individuals? And we don't know their health issues at all. And this is not fair for the residents of Palm Beach County.
[Keilar:] Is the federal government going to step in and offer any assistance here?
[Bernard:] They have told us that they have no plans on providing us no assistance whatsoever. And this is totally ridiculous that you're going to send 135 people per week, which is 1,000 per month, to both Broward and Palm Beach Counties, 6000 per year, with no resources. What we hope is that the administration will reconsider their decisions. But if not, then Palm Beach County will have to address it, which means we'll ask the state probably have to declare a state of emergency or federal emergency so that way we can get reimbursement in terms of the costs that will be beared by the taxpayers.
[Keilar:] If the federal government would provide the assistant, if they would provide that information that you said you don't have about the makeup of who is coming, would you be open then to receiving folks from El Paso?
[Bernard:] Well, Palm Beach County would cooperate with the federal government if there's a plan. As we plan for hurricane season, we plan after hurricane season every year so that we can address our residents in Palm Beach County. If there's a plan in place, then Palm Beach County will address those residents that are coming because those people are going to need housing and food and everything that is needed, specifically health care. We don't know if those individuals are immunized. And if they're kids, how will that impact our school system in Palm Beach County?
[Keilar:] But you're saying, if you could have that information, those assurances and those resources, then that's something that you you wouldn't have these concerns about?
[Bernard:] We wouldn't have these concerns whatsoever because we want to work with the federal government in terms of solving this immigration crisis that's going on, the crisis at the border. What we hope is that our federal government will address comprehensive immigration reform. Our system is broken. However, this is a federal issue, not a local issue that should be addressed by the taxpayers of Palm Beach County.
[Keilar:] Mayor Mack Bernard, thank you for being with us.
[Bernard:] Thank you very much.
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