Democrats announced legislation on Monday that would provide lawyers for the thousands of undocumented minors – 52,000 and counting – stating that forcing minors to face deportation proceedings without representation goes against fundamental American values.
Providing adequate services for our veterans before those that illegally cross our borders was not mentioned as an American value.
Democrats state that upwards of 40 to 50 percent of illegals have legitimate claims to remain in the US under current law.
They also said their bill could save some $2 billion a year because timely immigration proceedings would eliminate the need to house thousands of children for months at a time.
From October to June 15, 52,000 unaccompanied children arrived on the U.S. border with Mexico, according to the Obama administration. Most are fleeing gang and drug violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
A similar provision to provide legal counsel for children and mentally impaired immigrants was included in a comprehensive immigration bill that passed the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate last year. But the measure has stalled in the House, where Republicans hold a majority of seats.
There was no immediate indication that the new bill would make any more progress, given deep partisan divisions on the immigration issue in the United States.
Many Republicans blame the influx of undocumented children on Democratic President Barack Obama’s 2012 decision to give temporary relief from deportation to some young people brought illegally to the United States by their parents.
“(These parents) have been led to believe that all their child has to do is get to America and they will receive amnesty,” Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz said on Monday after touring a facility at Lackland Air Force Base to house unaccompanied minors, exposing children to “unspeakable horrors” as they travel through Mexico to the United States.
“The way to act to prevent that is to enforce our laws and stop engaging in the lawlessness that has so characterized the Obama administration,” Cruz said.
The White House announced a plan on Friday to address the growing crisis that focused on expanding the government’s ability to process and deport the children, with new funding to boost security in their home countries.
Democrats at the news conference on Monday said they considered Obama’s plan just a first step.
Lot of rich lawyers be walking around. Payed for by the American tax payer. Sick!!
Mary Jo Anhalt …
The parents are desperate.
They have been sold a bill of goods by people who In essence traffic in people.
This is a very sad situation
Very few of us can truly understand.
I look at these beautiful children & I see the FUTURE GANG BANGER’s OF AMERICA: no family, no guide’s through life, no hugs, no kisses, no atta boy/girl or don’t you dare’s..just courts, foster care or strange family member’s who are overwhelmed or some that just plain doesn’t care. This is like Castro’s Marcel Boat People & we know how that turned out…triple the gang activity across the nation. PRAY FOR OUR NATION…WE NOW HAVE THOUSANDS OF UNACCOMPANIED, UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN IN OUR WORLD THAT DON’T SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE OR KNOW OUR CUSTOMS WHO WILL FLOOD OUR SCHOOLS, OUR OBAMACARE SYSTEM, OUR HOUSING SYSTEM, OUR WELFARE SYSTEM & COURT SYSTEM FOR YEARS TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!
Fine as long as the democrats pay for the lawyers. All I will pay for is their being thrown out of this country.
Deport them NO AMNESY
Failing to uphold our laws is against our values.
WRONG!!!
Breaking the Law goes against the fundamentals of our Constitution and the rule of Law
This is outrageous! They are ILLEGALS They need to be thrown out!
What law their illegals