Sheriff Raises Concerns with Biden Administration’s Plan to House Two Thousand Afghan Refugees a Month Near Virginia Schools

A Virginia sheriff has publicly raised concerns with a plan by the Joe Biden administration to reportedly house thousands of migrants in the Northern Virginia county of Loudon, allegedly within walking distance of at least two schools.

Loudon County Sheriff Michael Chapman’s office wrote on the sheriff’s website this week that earlier this month the county received an “una

Virginia sheriff has publicly raised concerns with a plan by the Joe Biden administration to reportedly house thousands of migrants in the Northern Virginia county of Loudon, allegedly within walking distance of at least two schools.

Loudon County Sheriff Michael Chapman’s office wrote on the sheriff’s website this week that earlier this month the county received an “unannounced visit” by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service.

At that meeting, the announcement said, the sheriff’s office learned that “approximately 2000 Afghan refugees, per month, were slated to arrive at the Washington Dulles International Airport” and be housed in Loudon County’s National Conference Center “until their ultimate relocation elsewhere in the United States.”

Chapman reportedly later raised concerns with the Biden administration over Homeland Security’s alleged “lack of communication, lack of planning, language barriers, a failure to communicate with a myriad of potential stakeholders, and the NCC’s unfenced proximity to a residential neighborhood and two public schools,” specifically Riverside High School and Belmont Ridge Middle School.

The sheriff’s office said Chapm

nnounced visit” by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service.

At that meeting, the announcement said, the sheriff’s office learned that “approximately 2000 Afghan refugees, per month, were slated to arrive at the Washington Dulles International Airport” and be housed in Loudon County’s National Conference Center “until their ultimate relocation elsewhere in the United States.”

Chapman reportedly later raised concerns with the Biden administration over Homeland Security’s alleged “lack of communication, lack of planning, language barriers, a failure to communicate with a myriad of potential stakeholders, and the NCC’s unfenced proximity to a residential neighborhood and two public schools,” specifically Riverside High School and Belmont Ridge Middle School…. (Excerpt from the Virginia Star)