As Alabama's leaders lament the ongoing influx of migrants entering the state, one organization that facilitates resettling refugees in Alabama claims to currently partner with the state legislature and has former House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, now the Madison County Commission chairman, and Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle on its board.
U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) recently joined several congressional colleagues in demanding the Biden administration end the parole program granting Haitians and other migrants access to the U.S.
In recent phone interviews with several Alabama county registrar offices, staffers affirmed that no active processes were in place to prevent migrant non-citizens from registering to vote.
Gov. Kay Ivey recently led a letter, along with 24 other governors to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, demanding answers on the controversial Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans asylum program that has sent ripples through the state and nation.
During remarks given at the monthly meeting of the Point Clear Republican Women at Oak Hollow Farm on Tuesday, Ainsworth reiterated the sentiment expressed in the letter and insisted further details were needed from the Biden administration about the CHNV program.