TOMS RIVER, NJ – A small group of residents angry with Mayor Dan Rodrick posted a photo of two buses at a local motel claiming illegal immigrants are being dropped off in Toms River on Facebook.
That false post, intended to cause dissent in the community, led to a woman screaming at the town hall meeting on Wednesday over alleged buses of migrants being dropped off at a local motel from the nation’s southern border. The resident stood up to protest the arrival of migrant buses pushed to the Jersey Shore by the failed immigration policies of President Joe Biden and sanctuary state policies of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
The incident comes after groups aligned with former Mayor Mo Hill spread rumors online that busloads of migrants had been dropped off in Toms River.
However, there were no buses of illegal migrants, just a room full of people looking for the next thing to protest in Toms River.
“Three busloads of illegals,” she said. “I’m sorry, immigrants were dropped at Motel 6 today. Yep, Yep, Yep. I don’t think they’re here for a soccer match or Little League baseball.”
The woman received a resounding applause from the group of detractors of Mayor Dan Rodrick. The allegations caught the entire township council and mayor off guard; it was the first they had heard of it.
The post was initially made on an anti-Rodrick page being run by a political operative with ties to the Mo Hill administration.
“The report of busloads of immigrants being dropped off at Motel 6 was investigated and found to be just the two bus drivers staying the night between their regular shifts,” said Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little.
Paul Hulse from Just Believe, Inc., a group that manages Toms River’s homeless population, also debunked the rumor.
“That’s a false accusation,” Hulse said. “There is nobody getting dropped off from any place, anywhere here.”
Immigration crisis averted.