Posted on 11/16/2014 6:44:14 PM PST by jazusamo
Republicans decry ‘border sabotage’ ahead of expected illegal immigration executive action
The Obama administration quietly announced a program late last week to create a legal channel for thousands of Central American children to come to the U.S., a move designed to prevent a repeat of this summer’s illegal immigrant surge but which Republicans said amounted to “border sabotage.”
Coupled with President Obama’s expected action in the next few weeks granting tentative legal status to illegal immigrants already in the U.S., the policy could open the door to illegal immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala petitioning to have their children still in their home countries join them in the U.S. as refugees.
“The president cannot continue to claim he cares about border security when he only has an appetite for border sabotage,” said Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican.
The announcement is designed to apply to the same kinds of children who surged across the border over the summer, fleeing bad economic conditions and some gang violence and hoping to reunite with families, including parents or siblings already in the U.S. illegally.
Immigration agencies were overwhelmed by 60,000 children who were caught along the border. They eventually were brought into the interior and, for the most part, placed with relatives living in the U.S.
Numbers released Friday show the surge peaked in May and June and dropped last month to below the October 2013 total.
All told, 2,529 unaccompanied minor children and 2,163 families traveling together were caught at the border last month.
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It is time for the Republicans to stop crying and do something to secure the border.
They have been as much a part of the problem as anyone over the last 30 years. They campaigned that they would do something about it. So do it!
Replace Supreme Court Justices who have legislated from the bench with Judges who have a record of ruling on existing law.
Weigh ALL passed legislation against the Constitution and quickly repeal those laws unlawfully passed.
Seek criminal indictments against all who have violated the establishes laws of the United States of America - starting at the top with zero tolerance for Treason.
Follow the recommended sentencing guidelines.
And yet, so many keep falling for it. Amazing!
Sounds great, Eddie. Now give us a realistic “how to.”
Working on that...
more like “Children Under 35” ??
Obama is not a child-saver. He’s a child-killer.
He doesn’t care how many diseases are brought in by these so-called “children” from central america.
And our children are dying as a result.
Enterovirus 68, Chagas disease for which there is NO treatment, drug resistant TB-they are all present in the US now because of our child-murdering dictator.
Congress needs to kick him out.
Period.
You’re absolutely right. There are confirmed cases of TB that were brought in by illegal “children” and the EV-68 cases are NOT in my view a coincidence.
The GOPe will do nothing to stop it.
Reproting=reporting
“The president cannot continue to claim he cares about border security when he only has an appetite for border sabotage,” said Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican.
Then you and your other Republicans (elected by the way) should do something about it.
Quit making speeches and pounding your chests and stop him.
Quit telling us that he is breaking the law and what he is doing is unconstitutional and DO something about it. We cannot, that is why you are elected.
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