Posted on 06/22/2017 3:36:44 PM PDT by drewh
Nearly 30 percent of the illegal immigrant children the U.S. is holding in its dormitories have ties to criminal gangs, the government revealed Wednesday, suggesting that the Obama-era surge of Central Americans has fed the country’s growing problem with MS-13 and other gangs.
Federal officials refused even to guess at the true scope of the problem, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee that they can give only small snapshots of what they see. But they said the devastation on communities across the country is clear: killings and chaos, particularly among other immigrants — both legal and illegal.
The Border Patrol identified 160 teens who were known or suspected gang members when they first showed up at the border, but whom the Obama administration said it had to admit under U.S. law.
Meanwhile, a spot check this month of 138 teens being held by the federal Health and Human Services Department identified 39 with gang ties. Four of them were forced into cooperating with the gangs and 35 joined voluntarily, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
“It is well-known that MS-13 actively targets and recruits children as young as 8 years old,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican and chairman of the Judiciary Committee who called Wednesday’s hearing.
“While their illegal status and Central American heritage are a key factor in MS-13’s targeting, without a doubt the failures of the current system for handling these children is also to blame,” he said. “The current system is fraught with abuse, systematic errors and a lack of effective cooperation.”
He was stunned that no agency could say how many “UAC,” as the government dubs unaccompanied alien children, have been recruited. The agencies point to one another and to federal laws, saying their hands are tied.
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Ah, the “Dreamers.”
Deport them ALL!
Yeah, right. How many of these “8 year olds” look like they could use a shave?
What law would that be, pray tell and who wrote and who passed it?
The left's dream is America's nightmare. Build that wall!
Illegal immigrant children’s song:
I am 13 going on 37....
Should have been sent home immediately instead of being sent all across the country.
LOL. Way to thread hijack! I’m five days from celebrating my 10 year anniversary on FR. And I’m STILL a newbie!!
DACA must be ended.
No public official should be protecting illegal aliens from our laws.
It did not become legal just because Trump is now running it.
...barak obama
I don’t care how young they are. Lock em up and have them water boarded until they rat out every one of these murdering drug dealers.
Do the same to the parents, if they even know where they are.
End DACA yesterday, then deport, deport, and deport some more, while building a big, beautiful fence.
Most excellent.
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