RICHMOND, Va. – A handful of Virginia lawmakers are full of questions after they recently learned that a nonprofit group founded by legendary Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs has been sheltering unaccompanied immigrant children in the state for approximately two years.

Last week, four Republican state legislators sent three letters to Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe asking how much it’s costing Virginia taxpayers for Gibbs’ group – Youth For Tomorrow – to shelter and provide care for the immigrants, who are classified as “unaccompanied alien children,” NorthernVaTimes.com reports.

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Youth For Tomorrow is primarily known for providing “comprehensive residential, education and counseling services to at-risk youth of the Commonwealth of Virginia who have been sexually exploited, including victims of sex trafficking,” the news site notes.

The lawmakers also asked how the influx of immigrants is going to impact already-crowded schools, the state’s Medicaid program (which provides emergency care to illegal immigrants), the state’s legal system, and the safety of legal residents.

“While we are both concerned about the safety of the children who have entered the United States illegally, we must also be concerned with the possibility that criminal gangs and the drug cartels will use the crisis to exploit and enlarge their unlawful activities throughout the nation,” Del. Scott Lingamfelter wrote in his letter to the governor.

McAuliffe responded to the four lawmakers on Monday with a single letter, telling them that Youth For Tomorrow’s arrangement for handling unaccompanied immigrant children is with the federal government, and that the state isn’t on the hook for any related costs.

The governor suggested that federal officials and Youth For Tomorrow representatives would be be able to answer their questions.

NorthernVaTimes.com reports that McAuliffe did express concern that elected officials weren’t told about the program earlier, but added that “as a private organization, Youth For Tomorrow is at liberty to establish this arrangement with the federal government and serve these children according to its stated mission and all applicable laws.”

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McAuliffe’s response could be loosely translated as “buzz off.”

Perhaps in anticipation of McAuliffe’s unhelpful response, two of the Republican lawmakers presented their cost-related questions to federal bureaucrats with the Department of Health & Human Services.

“Federal law requires that HHS feed, shelter and provide medical care for unaccompanied children until it can place them in a safe setting with family members or a sponsor while they await an immigration proceeding, agency spokesman Kenneth Wolfe said in an email,” NorthernVaTimes.com reports.

Wolfe assured lawmakers the impact of the shelters is “minimal” to local communities as the “children spend less than 30 days on average at the shelters and do not integrate into the local community.”

It’ll be interesting to see if Virginia voters are satisfied with the responses their elected representatives have received from the federal government and their governor.

President Harry Truman famously kept a sign on his desk – for a brief time anyway – that declared, “The buck stops here.”

Perhaps McAuliffe should get a sign for his desk that reads, “The buck never got here.”