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.
No illegal immigrants do not need lawyers. They need immigration officials to send them home.
They want these illegals to have lawyers? FINE, they can PAY FOR THEM. WHENEVER I needed a lawyer, I had to pay for it. THESE democrats can pony up the dough to pay for the lawyers themselves. SINCE many trial lawyers LOVE democrats anyway, they should have some idea of who to hire.
maybe those democrats should pay for it with their own money
What a bunch of BS! And yet the American citizens are silent.
We all need free lawyers, Marine in jIl in Mexico, veteran who only wants to have American Flag in his flower pot, goes on and on.
I clicked like, but it’s a tough call. I feel for the kids, but I think the “Democraps” are low crawling dying F…..ing pieces of $#%&!@* for using the kids to try to make me feel for them. Just kick everyone that is undocumented out. And then post guards on the borders to keep them all out.
Let’s not I’m a democrate and I’m so against all this border bull$#%&!@* send them all back we don’t need or want them here .stop the rest from coming here to
I hope THEY are paying for it! It’s time to quit working and go on welfare to be like the other moochers! I’m tired of paying for ALL the freeloading bastards coming into OUR country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I don’t see any rep. Doing a damn thing about this either
Get them out…no need for anything but a bus ticket to whatever cesspool they hail from!