Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, or Captain Zero as we like to call him, freaks out over unverified news that HHS has sent five undocumented immigrant children to Alaska.

"I'm going to say some things here that hopefully make me sound tough."

This was on Parnell's Facebook page yesterday:

I have seen some alarming reports that the Obama administration is giving illegal aliens one-way tickets to Alaska. We are making contact with the Department of Homeland Security to get to the bottom of this.

The source Sarah Palin's former lapdog cited was freaking Breitbart news, which as you know has a troubling habit of  combining fantasy with reality.

In the article itself it only cites five cases of minors being shipped up to live with host families in Alaska, which if true does not seem terribly worrisome or extreme.

Here is how Breitbart reported what the HHS website lists are the criteria for finding placement: 

"ORR cares for the children in shelters around the country until they can be released to a sponsor, typically a parent or relative, who can care for the child while their immigration case is processed," an HHS webpage says. "Ensuring that a potential sponsor can safely and appropriately care for the child is a top priority. A background check is conducted on all potential sponsors, and steps are taken to verify a potential sponsor’s identity and relationship to the child. In some cases where concerns are raised, a home study is done. Before children are released to a sponsor, they receive vaccinations and medical screenings. We do not release any children who have a contagious condition."

Once again I do not feel confident in taking Breitbart's word for the fact that this is even happening, and right now it is the sole source.

However if it is all it means is that the Obama administration is looking for a more humanitarian placement for these children until their cases come to court, which they are forced to do by a 2008 law signed by George W. Bush.

Despite what the ski masked militia on the Texas border might have you believe these immigrants are entitled to due process, and keeping them in cages until they get their day in court is both inhumane and unAmerican.

Regardless of what Sean Parnell might want to believe, Alaska IS part of the United States of America, and if our country has a problem we should be helping to alleviate it like every other state.

If Breitbart is even right, which is debatable.

P.S. By the way you have to know that the ONLY reason this would even be reported is to further damn the Obama administration in the eyes of Alaskans, as a way of damaging Mark Begich's reelection chances.

Other than that I cannot imagine why Alaskans would even give a shit. After all Alaskans have been volunteering as host families to house foreign exchange students and refugees for decades, and nobody cared until now.