Posted on 07/23/2014 12:08:22 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
House Republicans are considering a plan that would deploy the National Guard to the border, change trafficking laws and beef up judicial and law enforcement resources in response to the surge of child migrants into the United States.
A GOP working group on border issues briefed members Wednesday on its policy recommendations for the emergency funding bill, which lawmakers are scrambling to finish before they leave town for a five-week summer recess.
Republicans were adamant that policy changes must be part of the spending package, setting up a standoff with Democrats who have declared them a non-starter.
"What the president's asking for is a blank check," said Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). "Without trying to fix the problem, I don't know how we're in the position to give the president any more money." House Republicans are putting the finishing touches on a $1.5 billion border bill that is fully offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget. The amount is less than half of the $3.7 billion that President Obama requested.
Senate Democrats are working on a rival bill that would provide $2.7 billion in emergency funding.
The recommendations from the GOP working group, which was led by Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), include changes to a 2008 human trafficking law to ensure that Central American children who do not wish to return to their country receive an expedited immigration hearing within a week of being seen by child welfare officials.
While the White House initially signaled an openness to tweaks in that law, Democrats came out staunchly against them, arguing the matter should be dealt with separately.
“The Democrats have children to protect and the Republicans have a crisis to exploit,” Rep. Luis Guitérrez (D-Ill.), an opponent of the policy changes, said Wednesday.
“Almost every Democrat I talk to says we should hold the line on the laws passed to protect children from sex-trafficking and smugglers. The Republicans seem to be divided between the ones who don’t think the money is necessary, the ones who want to weaken laws protecting children and the ones who want to deport all of the dreamers and other undocumented immigrants before we do anything else.”
The Senate plan is not expected to include changes to the 2008 law, but Republicans on Wednesday argued the policy changes are the central reason for passing a bill.
“That is the most critical point. The law has got great big holes in it and smart folks have figured out how to get through those holes,” said Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), a working group member.
Several Republicans flatly rejected moving additional funding for the border without policy changes.
“I’m not voting for money with no solutions attached,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.). “That’s a guarantee that you will lose the majority of our conference.” The GOP plan would send the National Guard to the border to help care for the more than 50,000 children who have illegally come over the border in recent months.
Granger said the recommendations are more of an outline than fleshed out legislation. The group does not specify how many troops should be sent to the border, for instance.
She said discussions about the recommendations would continue as the GOP works to bring a single package to the floor sometime next week.
A key question surrounding the GOP proposal is whether the party will be able to unite and pass it without significant Democratic support.
While a handful of centrist Democrats have backed changes to the 2008 law, House Democratic leaders have said their inclusion could sink the package.
Republicans are hoping they can pull several more Democrats to their side.
“Dems in border states … obviously are paying attention back home. They will be supportive of that,” said Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), another working group member. “I think that’s going to play well across the aisle with the border state Democrats.” Still, conservative Republicans remain wary about giving additional money to Obama, even if it’s a significantly smaller amount than he had requested.
"To spend billions of dollars on foreign children, money that we don't have, and we have to borrow to get it, and we can't afford to pay back, is financial insanity," said Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). "It's financially irresponsible given our debt and deficit situation." On the spending side, the fact that appropriators tracked down enough unspent money across the federal government to offset its costs could neutralize concerns from fiscal hawks in the conference.
Some Republicans warned that if conservatives balk at the funding and the House fails to act, they could expose themselves to a month of political battering from the White House.
“It’ll be a lot tougher August if we haven’t moved,” said Cole. “The president will then blame us.
“It’s going to be hard to say, ‘I’m a conservative, but I’m going to vote no to the type of legislation that was outlined today,’” he added. The House proposal would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a strategy to gain “operational control of the border.” It would also create a third-party commission to set up metrics to measure progress on tightening up security.
To help speed along the processing of immigration cases, Granger’s plan would deploy additional judges. The report calls on Congress to revisit laws that allow immigrants to claim a “credible fear of persecution” in an effort to stay in the U.S., warning of fraud in the system. Criminals and gang members would not be permitted to receive asylum under the plan.
The working group also wants to see the U.S. ramp up its efforts in Central American nations to try to stamp out illegal immigration at its source. The suggested border security and repatriation centers could be established in nations such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
The group also wants to see the U.S. launch “aggressive messaging campaigns” in those nations to dispel the idea that people, especially children, can remain in the U.S. if they make it over the border, and to emphasize the danger and legal risks the journey entails.
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Where's the Ah, jeez....not this cr@p, again! guy?
The speaker is right!
Let’s NOT pass Captain Zero’s “Death-to-America” bill.
Giving billions of dollars to Democrat LAWYERS will NOT solve the problem. It might, however, “top-off” the Democrats’ pre-election slush-funds.
CONTACT YOUR REPS AT ONCE:
MESSAGE: The funding bill MUST contain provisions for IRS, SEC, FBI, Secret Service surveillance of all WH communiques---with power to supboena all of Valerie Jarret's wire-transfer records, cell phone records, mobile devide records, computer hard drives, emails, instagram posts, her communiques with the DNC, and the like.
Tell your Reps----no frickin' way do taxpayers want Obama to get billions of our tax dollars----without assurances that the vote-crazed ding-a-ling is not using it to buy Democrat votes for amnesty....or to wire-transfer zillions to repay Central America honchos for emptying their decrepit villages to give Obama new Democrat voters.
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BACKSTORY Obama used billions in tax dollars to get the Obamacare debacle passed. Some observers have noted that the Democrat-controlled Senate passed Obamacare "after a series of unsavory transactions that purchased the aye votes of several shrewdly extortionate Democrats"....with a huge pile of money still unaccounted for.
The most unsavory was Landrieu's $4.3 billion "Louisisana Purchase."
THE PAPER TRAIL IS HUGE Sen Landrieu (Scumocrat-LA) sold her aye vote in what Forbes Magazine dubbed "The 'Louisiana Purchase" that included a massive $4.3 Billion to Landrieu
FORBES REPORTED the Democrats’ nailed Landrieu’s support for Obamacare w/ a greenback bribe. Landrieu, critics believe, pledged her vote in exchange for some $200 million more additional federal funds for Louisiana. Except that, due to a drafting error, the law ended up giving Louisiana $4.3 billion: more than twenty times the assigned amount. MORE HERE http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
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BACKSTORY In the fall of 2009, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was trying to get the necessary 60 Dimocrat votes to pass the Affordable Care Act. He needed every Dim on board, which gave waffling senators a great deal of leverage. In Landrieu's case, she connivingly saw that selling her aye vote could get her maybe $200 million federal dollars. Obama complied. Reid chalked up another vote for Obamacare. But not the measly $200 million but $4.3 billon was attached to the Obamacare bill earmarked for Landrieu.
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How $4.3 billion to Landrieu was calculatedly attached to the Obamacare bill, and how Obama and Reid failed to catch and fix it, is yet another indictment of the Obamacare atrocity. The payoff to Landrieu should be investigated as an indication of how EVERY Democrat came to vote for Obamacare....and perhaps helped elect more loyal lock-stepping Democrats.
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RED FLAG Even though nobody asked him, Harry Reid (D-Nev) recently announced "the border is secure"..... a potent signal that hanky-panky is afoot.
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THE FOREIGN AID FRAUD MODUS OPERANDI---Former Guatemala Prez used US banks to launder millions (swindler was elected to "redistribute" the nation's wealth) An ex-president of Guatemala faced charges in NY that he used US banks to launder millions looted from his impoverished nation. Alfonso Portillo took office in 2000 pledging to redistribute Guatemala’s wealth.
Portillo, 61, allegedly ran scams to drain the impoverished country's coffers. The feds say Portillo embezzled about $2.5M provided by the Taiwanese embassy....$1.5 million was earmarked for “Libraries for Peace”....books for school kids.
Portillo personally endorsed three, $500,000 checks issued against an account at the Intl Bank of China in Manhattan, then deposited the cash in the Miami bank account of a Guatemalan bank controlled by “a close associate and political supporter” .....the money was funneled to bank accounts in Paris in the names of Portillo’s ex-wife and daughter.
Portillo swindled nearly $4M defense funds ...and plundered the national bank run by his alleged co-conspirator through overdrafts financed by public reserves -- stolen money paid for expensive watches and cars, for himself and his associates, according to the indictment. (Source: NY POST news report 5/28/13.)
Action needed ping
Data post for google search results:
This is where your federal tax dollars are going:
IRS 990 form for year 2012 of Southwest Key Programs of 6002 Jain Lane, Austin TX 78721
(IRS EIN 74-2481167)
President/CEO Juan Sanchez ($320,627 + 18, 143 compensation for 2012)
CFO Melody Chung ($251,090 + $16,508)
COO Joella Brooks ($165, 164 + $12,157)
VP Jennifer Nelson ($153, 157 + $11,4999) (Wife of CEO Juan Sanchez)
VP Veronica Delgado-Savage ($139,994 + $11,200)
VP Alexia Rodriguez ($154,673 + $13,792)
Above includes “base compensation” plus bonuses (typically 30% of salary),
plus retirement accounts and “nontaxable benefits”.
Relationship with “East Austin Academia” (Charter School) at same address,
IRS EIN 26-1609474
Relationship with “Southwest Key Enterprises INC” (holding company) at same address,
IRS EIN 20-8958545
Relationship with “Southwest Key Maintenance LLC” (janitorial) at same address,
IRS EIN 26-0139649
Relationship with “Southwest Key Cafe Del Sol LLC” (food service) at same address,
IRS EIN 26-0530306
Relationship with “Southwest Key Workforce Development LLC” (jobs) at same address,
IRS EIN 27-0855414
Relationship with “Southwest Key Properties LLC” (development) at same address,
IRS EIN 61-1535548
Relationship with “Southwest Key Data and Evaluation LLC” (services) at same address,
IRS EIN 20-3976396
Relationship with “Southwest Key Green Energy & Construction LLC” (construction and
remodeling) at same address
IRS EIN 21-2310750
Relationship with “Southwest Key Youth, Family & Transportation Services” (Community Based services) at same address
IRS EIN 27-1348268
Relationship with “The Blooming Florist LLC” (floral services) at same address,
IRS EIN 45-2136940
http://www.scribd.com/doc/234738496/Southwest-Key-2012-IRS-990
Believe it / when I see it
Hey everyone, simply ignore the brown stuff behind the Republican leadership’s ears okay.
Where was this effort decades ago? This has been a massive fiasco since the mid 1990s.
National Babysitters Act
Here’s where they are going:
http://preview.swkey.org/programs/map_highres.png
Now hiring “temporary youth care workers” at the Marriott
in Ventura, California!
http://www.swkey.org/about/jobs/
argh
Hey I have a boat in the marina right there. Like a 2 bedroom condo on the water. Wonder how much theyre paying. If the money’s right ill take 2. I am remodeling the boat and they can do the work. Lol
Good grief....there’s no end in sight, is there?
Thanks.......the SW Key connection was a separate thread posted several days go.
"Today, Dr. Sanchez is a nationally recognized leader in the field of youth programming. He serves on the boards of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (until 2009), and is an advisor to the Vera Institute of Justice and the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. He has received many awards throughout his career, most recently being named Best CEO in Austin in 2013, recipient of the Ohtli Award from the Mexican Consulate , the Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award, the Rising to the Challenge Social Justice Award from LULAC, and the Leading Voices Award from American Gateways for his work on behalf of immigrant children." http://www.swkey.org/about/leadership/dr_juan_sanchez/
Programs: Southwest Key operates 68 juvenile justice and family programs, safe shelters for immigrant children, schools, and community building initiatives
Number Served: Over 200,000 kids and their families annually
Social Enterprises: Southwest Key Enterprises, Southwest Key Cafe del Sol, Southwest Key Maintenance, Southwest Key Green Energy & Construction, Southwest Key Workforce Development, The Blooming Florist, Southwest Key Youth, Family, & Transportation LLC
Heavily connected to the La Raza Roundtable. This is a radical breeding ground. They are militant, Latino community organizers---specialty is reunifying illegal minors with their families. They are the underground railroad for the American invasion from the South. They are nationalistic in their connections and leadership.
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FY 20013-14 Budget: $150 million---- Funding: Grants and contracts by U.S. federal, state, and local government, foundations, and corporations; special events; private contributions.
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HERE'S HOW TO NAIL THEM:
EXHIBIT ONE An exhaustive investigation of their records should commence, to uncover possible Falsifying of Official Government Documents.....punishable by 10 year incarceration.
Falsifying Government Documents. involves altering, changing, or modifying a document for the purpose of deception.......can also involve forgery and/or passing copies of false documents.
Falsifying documents is usually done in connection with broader criminal aims, such as extortion, government fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, financing the insurgency, terrorism, benefitting cronies, relatives, etc........
Types of documents commonly falsified may include:
◾Tax returns and income statements
◾Personal checks
◾Bank account records
◾Business record keeping books
◾Immigration documents (ID cards visas, passports, etc.)
◾Identification cards and birth certificates
◾ Medical documents
◾ Voter registration documents
◾ EITC refunds
Many different types of acts can be considered as falsifying a document, including:
◾Altering or misrepresenting factual information such as prices or monetary amounts
◾Stating false information when requested to provide truthful statements
◾Forging a signature
◾Using official letterheads without authorization
◾Concealing assets or property WRT obtaining federal/state grants))
◾Knowingly using or distributing a fake document
A person can only be held criminally liable if they are deliberately acting with the intention of deceiving or defrauding another party.
Falsifying documents is a very serious offense and is generally classified as a felony. This means that a person charged with falsifying documents may be subject to the following legal penalties:
◾Having to pay a monetary fine
◾Incarceration in a prison facility
Depending on the gravity of the offense, as well as individual state laws, falsifying documents can result in a prison sentence of 5-10 years. Also, if government documents or authorities were involved, the legal penalties may be more severe. ..... legal penalties may increase with repeat offenses.
The penalty for falsifying government documents is outlined in the Crimes Act of 1958.
Conduct of an internal investigation requires a motivated law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction, such as a US Attorney’s office. Under Eric Holder, it’s not likely that an investigation will be allowed to continue until it can lead to a successful prosecution, as the DOJ has oversight of federal agencies. Waiting for that to happen can take years.
There’s a quicker method available: Track the SW Key officials back to their other holdings: Real Estate, Country Clubs, private corporations, and so on, and forward this to Breitbart, etc, and post links to their reports here.
That’s where you’ll find visible examples of the results of mis-spending of millions of taxpayer financing, which is enough to enrage most viewers. Consider the effect the $50 million BCFS “resort” photo had on getting the project killed (within 24 hours).
sounds good but as with all legislation I want more details first
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