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A reminder, there is a bill in Congress that will bar us from emergency shelters if passed. DO NOT ignore this! With the current administration, any act of cruelty is possible!
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10398
H.R.10398 – To prohibit certain sex offenders from entering or using the services of certain emergency shelters, to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate emergency shelters for such sex offenders, and for other purposes.
If you missed my email from yesterday and seeing this first and you haven’t heard, SC REPUBLICAN Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the bill to institute a nationwide emergency shelter ban against Registered Persons, which she patterned after Florida’s hurricane shelter bans. It is co-sponsored by 4 REPUBLICAN Reps:
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3] (Whose husband is a Registeed Person, I might add)
If passed, this bill will:
Prohibits sex offenders from entering undesignated emergency shelters
Requires immediate notification to shelter operators of sex offender registration status
Allows FEMA to designate specific shelters for registered sex offenders
Establishes federal penalties for non-compliance, including potential fines and imprisonment.
Interesting @Derek of the four co-sponsors, two are just plain crazy with their actions and one probably conferences with their other NJ Rep who has ruined the lives of many PFRs with his travel BS. The other from TX probably suffers because they’re from TX.
I also find interesting “Allows FEMA to designate specific shelters for registered sex offenders”. I’ll admit, I’ve not read the bill (and appreciate your summary), but this is something new I’ve not seen previously discussed or introduced when it comes to this topic. It would appear to be a touch of compassion on the sponsor’s part, but also to appease the entire voting bloc she has and needs to be re-elected. Truly pandering to all to stay in office.
I also noticed FEMA commit. This could be problem for them, Couldnt there be lawsuits mandating separate designated shelters for registrants only. Making every city in the U.S. to build separate shelters?
I would not want segregated shelters. They’re either jails or places ill-fit to work as a shelter.
Back in 2006, Louisiana officials were going to have the national guard set up a tent city to act as emergency shelter for Registrants right next to a city landfill.
Hurricane Gustav (2008) destroyed Quonset hut-type buildings state officials had planned to use as hurricane shelters for up to 300 registrants. State Rep. Tom McVea said in response, “I’m waiting for a plan B,” showing state officials had given little thought to the segregated shelter plan. The state ran into problems creating a designated shelter because no parish was willing to accept the shelter.
Separate shelters will be unequal shelters. i’d rather take my chances with the storm.
That seems to already exist in Florida. At one point I was told that I should report to the VC Branch County Jail if mandatory evacuations were ordered. Other shelters in Volusia County wouldn’t take registrants. It was safer to shelter in place.
Florida has these laws but most every state in the US do not. What i mentioned is an attempt to make the entire US behave like Florida.
I understand.