Many people across the Bay State are outraged with Governor Deval Patrick's offer to temporarily house immigrant children in Massachusetts.
Patrick's plan would place the children at Camp Edwards military base on Cape Cod and Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is currently reviewing the offer to see if the locations are suitable for housing the children, most of whom are coming from Central America.
Jeff McCormick is an independent candidate who is campaigning for governor in 2014. He thoroughly disagrees with Patrick's plan.
McCormick joined Jim Braude on Broadside to share his thoughts on this controversial topic.
"First of all I don't think there is much of plan," said McCormick.
McCormick says there's a tremendous amount of need in the world, but there's also an overwhelming amount of crisis in our state already. Adding to the issue will only complicate everything.
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"We have to say to ourselves what is more compassionate? Do we help the people in our own backyard or do we help people that are just coming into our country," questions McCormick.
He says it's a federal issue that should not by hoisted on Massachusetts. "I would like all 50 states to turn up the heat up on the federal government," said McCormick.
In McCormick's eyes, the best solution is having the philanthropic community step up until the federal government gets its act together.
Braude and McCormick went on to discuss the Market Basket problem and job-rigging in Massachusetts.
