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.
Obama the Muslim is a B——
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THESE PEOPLES RELATIVES!?
Their parent came with them. TSA and our Tax dollars under direction of Obama paid for their transportation. Our boarders are now wide open. Look it up on U tube guys. It is reported on Infowars.com and all over the news now. They went down to document this. The boarder patrol is feeding and changing diapers.
This has been a planned event by your government!! He needs to be impeached now!!
Democrat or Republican, many are trying to tear apart our country and make a NEW WORLD ORDER…They have been talking about it for years. Obama is stepping up the anti but both Bushes, and Clinton, Nixon, Johnson, and even Reagan were complacent in this plan to bring down our gov. Most are too busy working or not paying attention to notice that our rights are being taken away and given to the UN…The big banks…Rockefeller, Chase, Exxon…the same people who funded Hitler, except that what they want for us is worse.
They only need a one way ticket home; that’s it!!!
Illegal aliens, no immgrants. Dont spen a dime on these parasites kids
Then the dumacrats can pay for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why, they’re not even supposed to be here.
vote all of the liberals out, send all the illegals back to mexico and let them treat their government like they are treating ours. NO MORE FREEBEES UNTIL YOU TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN CITIZENS