Homeless residents of Convention Center moved out in favor of Unaccompanied Minor Migrants

“Everybody knows that homelessness is the single greatest humanitarian crisis facing the city of San Diego,” says Mayor Todd Gloria. “But some crises are bigger than just one city. Some crises are national in scope. Like the crisis currently unfolding at this country’s southern border, where thousands of migrant children are being kept in facilities that might have been called cages in another era. It’s unconscionable and intolerable, and something has to be done. So when the Biden Administration reached out and asked if I wouldn’t mind moving the homeless folks who have been living in the Convention Center through this pandemic back to their former situations, I knew I had to oblige. Besides, things are quieting down now on the covid front.”

Republican critics of Gloria were quick to seize on the move as a classic example of “Democrats who care more about immigrants than actual American citizens” — as Republican City Councilman Todd Bluster put it. “What makes it worse is, many of these homeless people being kicked to the curb are military veterans. Our American heroes are being cast aside in favor of foreign invaders.” Homeless vet Mike Petiesdie said he was touched by Mr. Bluster’s support, adding that it was the first time he could remember a Republican even acknowledging his existence, let alone his military service.