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.
Then they should pay for it out of their pockets
Paid out our hard earned tax dollars no doubt? I do not like this move.
THEY WANT TO PAY, PAY WITH YOUR OWN MONEY AND NOT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS YOU LYING, CHEATING $#%&!@*S
Well at least the lawyers will have jobs. This is child abuse. These children need to be reunited with their parents. Ha Fat Chance for that happening.l This is horrible.
What about lawyers, apparently their need now since the Veteran’s are being slighted, a lot, for U.S. citizens. Or is that asking too much by the Democrats in power.
Well, let the Democrats pay for the lawyers. This is a giant Crock of $#%&!@*!! The American people are being bled dry by all the Traitorous politicians. The illegals do not deserve any lawyers. They deserve to be taken Back across the border.
In other words the American people will be paying there Lawyers NO F**KEN WAY Democratics want to get them Lawyers then they can pay for them out of there own pockets not ours
BULL $#%&!@*. They are all law breakers by entering this country illegally, without passports, visas or green cards. Deport their sorry asses & let Holder & Obama pay for it out of their own pockets as they allow this to happen.
THE DICTATOR in the White house needs more votes for the LIBERETARDS that don’t stand a chance with the real American voters!
Send them home and put that money into our veterans