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.
Where are the attorneys for those VA vets families, wrongful deaths lawsuits?
The legitimate reason is we have two close elections and they need to vote democrat then they can be sent home with nothing just the way they got here.
I think its bull$#%&!@*
please listen…..get a gathering and boycott the source of laundering and evil….horses/quarter horse importation….usda has been compromised in their inspections due to threats…..get a gathering to boycott the very loose inspection process done on horses coming from mexico….the cartels launder their money at the tracks especially here in el paso….im trying to help and please listen….twist the arm of the usda which will put a hurt on the cash flow of the cartels which will put strain on the Mexican government whom will be forced to release this guy….trust me….please….take this route and people will listen to you guys not me….get the marine released this way and then it will open up the doors to view where the cartels are hiding the money as well….we need this…..muslims are not the threat as we thought…..the cartels are here in every city across the nation….act now
OH MY GOD! Who gives a $#%&!@*?! I say execute their asses and dump them back off in Mexico! Put an end to this $#%&!@*! It’s time to make some lead fly!
Then we need to send black opps in to get our marine out of that prison!
it isn’t about voting in the right man or woman for presidency anymore. the people of America need to get the animal cartel members dead and the illegals that idealize them out. along the way help the helpless.
17 Trillion Dollars in debt, sure we can send Guatemala 350 Million!! just add the tab for the lawyers for the illegal immigrant kids on there as well, what the hell!! Just add it to the national debt!! Our so call president is very insidious with his plan to reduce our nation to 3rd world status, just keep up ramping up the debt. We can always ask China or maybe Iran to borrow us some cash!!
Hasn t anyone we voted into office read any political materials. He s following plans laid down in the 40 -50 s almost to the letter. As the Reds always said from the inside out. Flooding imigration setting muslims up in high places. Supporting them over seas. It will take years to undo the damage he s already done if we act now. Otherwise we won t know the USA. OUR KIDS don t know how to survive.
64 billion a year the cartels make!!! who do you think is helping our corrupt government with cash and in return being let inside by numbers you cant fathom???!!! people we are being led to turn a blind eye from the real problem!!! damnit!