Congressman Mike Rogers said he was encouraged to learn Wednesday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to house illegal immigrants and children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston has been cancelled.

Rogers’ staff received an email Wednesday morning from the Federal agency stating “the site is no longer under consideration, and GSA and HHS will not be taking further steps related to that facility.”

After learning about the plan Tuesday Rogers sent a letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson criticizing and in strong opposition to the proposal.

The letter stated, “…I am concerned the housing of many of these unaccompanied minor children who arrived here under the false belief they would be granted legal status – a belief challenged little if at all over the years by the Obama Administration – could put deep and challenging stresses on the local community’s health system. To say that such a misguided plan would need to be first reviewed and discussed extensively by the host community is an understatement. To my knowledge this plan has received no community feedback whatsoever, and I have every belief the CDP is not the only Federal facility under consideration across the nation.”

Rogers faults the Obama Administration with the recent flood of illegal immigrant children crossing the Southwest border into our country.  “President Obama is not following our immigration laws resulting in a national immigration crisis.  We should be working with the nations of origin to return these children back to their homes safely,” Rogers said.