Entitled Illegals - “Please Help Me Because I Need To Have A Future, Please Help Us & Give Us A House"

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Desperate pleas for help became an unexpected part of public testimony at a council meeting in Washington state Tuesday.

Asylum seekers who have been camping for months in the Seattle area lined up to address local leaders directly, hoping to turn empathy into action as families struggles to survive.

Young children even got up to the podium to address councilmembers. A child who identified herself as Rebecca said she is preparing to go to school but has no safe place to live or sleep.

Efforts have been underway to place these asylum seekers into housing and other shelters. Since the end of 2023, King County has invested some $10 million to address the situation, according to a spokesperson for King County Executive Dow Constantine. That has helped 540 asylum seekers previously located at Riverton Park United Methodist Church in Tukwila as well as the encampment in Kent.

Thrive International was awarded some of that money to move more than 350 people to the DoubleTree Hotel in SeaTac late last year. The Low Income Housing Institute used $1.2 million to place 170 people, which included 60 children, into short-term and emergency housing.

However, more asylum seekers keep arriving at the camp in Kent.

“We cannot bring any new tents to the camp because they told us it's not safe for the camp to grow,” Lopez said.

Additionally, the state Legislature has responded to the growing need and dedicated more than $32 million in March to assist these asylum seekers. About $16.4 million of that is being distributed through the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance, a division within the state Department of Social and Health Services.


The Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance expects to launch the Washington Migrant and Asylum Seeker Support Pilot Project sometime in September, according to a spokesperson. The project will create a central, coordinated system for people who have recently arrived in Washington to connect to services through an initial intake process.

“We are contracting with organizations to provide migrant housing services, immigration-related legal services and culturally responsive case management. All referrals and services will be prioritized by each household’s risks for vulnerability; for example, households with pregnant persons or children under age 18,” the spokesperson wrote in an email.

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I am sorry an adult coached that child.

There are American children who are homeless and going hungry and they should be helped before anyone and that includes children from other countries.

Also who is suppose to clean the bathrooms for these people. Why don't the adults step up and clean the bathrooms?

Even they get work permits they will still have their hands out for benefits they have not paid into or deserve.