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.
Yep, the democrats just want their votes! I hope everyone of these people that get to stay vote for the other party! What goes around comes around! Time to clean house!!!
I guess our tax money will be paying for these lawyers,
we don’t need them
Bill OBAMA FOR their care and return. He is breaking the law!
Now we have to pay a lawyer, I can’t even afford a lawyer. This is ridiculous, they are aliens and have no rights in USA, whats so hard to understand about that
Leave it to the Democrats and lawyers to represent the Un-Americans while our vets and the average citizen gets screwed.
Coming into this country Illegally is still a crime and still Illegal right? So who is Obama having as their Baby sitters? Not our soldiers I hope.He is permitting all these crimes to happen isn’t he? Something needs to be done with a President who allows our government laws to be broken.
No it doesn’t go against our values. Our values are also ours laws which these people are violating.These kids coming here were sent by there parents so we would feel sorry and just let them in and OF COURSE let their parents follow. Don’t fall for this tactic, and it IS a tactic. Not to mention the gang members that are part of this. We don’t need anymore gang members in this Country.from Mexico or anywhere else PERIOD!!!!
lawyers pro bono. no doubt!
More BS!!