(WASHINGTON D.C.) - An elected official from northern Indiana holding a seat in the nation’s capital expressed concern today about a reported influx of migrants within a one hour drive from La Porte.

 

Second District Congressman Rudy Yakym is asking U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a briefing as soon as possible.

 

Logansport, which has about 18,000 residents, is experiencing a rapid influx of migrants from Haiti and other nations, according to an article published in the New York Post.

 

Yakym of Granger told Mayorkas local resources in the community are reportedly being strained.

 

"This includes a surge in tests for infectious diseases like HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis that are straining the medical system, hundreds of children being brought into a school system that cannot keep up with the demands of the non-English-speaking students, and an acute housing shortage."

 

His request comes after La Porte resident, Donna Johnson, expressed concerns during Monday night’s city council meeting about the community being overwhelmed if such a migrant surge happened here.

 

“What is our community going to do when it comes here to La Porte because it’s coming to a community near you,” she said.