Hurricane evacuation plan reflects abject stupidity

A hurricane is bearing down. So, first lets check citizenship papers. How stupid is that? Such an action not only slows down the process, legitimate citizens and residents may be caught without proper id, not to mention the fact that undocumented residents will be left to die. What a plan.

If a hurricane hits the Rio Grande Valley this season, residents evacuated via school buses will be prescreened for citizenship by Customs and Border Patrol.

Hurricane season starts June 1. In the event of a hurricane in the region, emergency officials predict more than 130,000 evacuees will leave the Valley by school bus. They will be checked for identification and citizenship before they can board.

Anyone who is not a citizen or is not a legal resident will be held in specially designed areas in the Valley that are “made to withstand hurricanes,” said Dan Doty, a Border Patrol spokesperson for the Valley sector.

Many residents say f*** you to this plan.

Rio Grande Valley priests and civil rights attorneys say tens of thousands of residents will not show up for a mandatory hurricane evacuation if Border Patrol is involved in prescreening those getting on the buses.