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Kerry warns U.S. will deport undocumented Central American children
Reuters ^ | July 1 2014 | Patricia Zengerle

Posted on 07/01/2014 10:39:58 AM PDT by PoloSec

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Washington would work with Central American nations to address the root causes of an immigration crisis, but he kept up the Obama administration's tough message that undocumented children would be deported.

"We obviously understand people who want to do better, and who look for a better life," he said at a meeting with leaders from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, the countries from which tens of thousands of children have fled to the United States in recent months.

"But at the same time, there are rules of law, and there is a process and there is false information that is being spread about benefits that might be available to these young people who are looking for that better life," he said.

Kerry was in Panama for the inauguration of the country's new president, Juan Carlos Varela, but he combined the trip with meetings to address a crisis that is straining U.S. resources and roiling partisan tensions in Washington over immigration.

Kerry met with El Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez did not attend, sending Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero Trejo de Corrales in his place.

President Barack Obama said on Monday he was sending Kerry to Central America to address the problem, in a speech pledging to act on his own to revamp the U.S. immigration system and protect the border after hopes of convincing congressional Republicans to pass broad reform legislation officially died. [L2N0PB1MU]

Kerry's visit to the region followed one by Vice President Joe Biden less than two weeks ago as Washington grapples with an issue that is straining its resources and complicating its relationship with Mexico and Central American allies.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 07/01/2014 10:39:58 AM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec
Never let a crisis that you engineered go to waste.
2 posted on 07/01/2014 10:41:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: PoloSec

When will the EXEMPT give up
their homes to these “children”?

When?


3 posted on 07/01/2014 10:43:17 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: PoloSec

Should’ve said that up front instead of inviting them here with dreams of amnesty. Their dreams are now nightmares.


4 posted on 07/01/2014 10:43:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: PoloSec

You really think Obama will send them back? Baloney. He’s got that pen. They’re already looking at homes for them here in Upstate NY.


5 posted on 07/01/2014 10:43:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: PoloSec

well if kerry sez the kids are gonna get deported, you can bet the farm that they’re here to stay.


6 posted on 07/01/2014 10:44:53 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: PoloSec

BS. We’re never going to send them home.


7 posted on 07/01/2014 10:45:51 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: PoloSec

Anyone believing this needs to see a shrink.


8 posted on 07/01/2014 10:46:04 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: PoloSec

uh-huh.

So the Regime is now deciding which illegals are illegal, which illegals are sort of legal and which illegals are legal.


9 posted on 07/01/2014 10:46:11 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: PoloSec

They only wanted mexicans.


10 posted on 07/01/2014 10:46:52 AM PDT by paintriot (On the Conservative Coast.)
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To: PoloSec

If Obama & Kerry were serious they would have sent out Susan Rice to make the announcement!


11 posted on 07/01/2014 10:47:07 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: PoloSec

The message is evolving.


12 posted on 07/01/2014 10:47:18 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Sacajaweau

ROFLMTO...do you think those kids will find it a joy in Upstate NY at -50 below? Talk about nightmare? LOL...I left after one winter up there to come back south just to thaw out.


13 posted on 07/01/2014 10:47:42 AM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...get off your cowardly a$ses and be A PATRIOT now!)
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To: PoloSec

Key Word: Central American.
Mexico is part of North America...................


14 posted on 07/01/2014 10:49:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,752 threads and 85,005 replies. ..)
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To: paintriot
They only wanted mexicans.

Even the Mexican Immigration organizations are being very silent on this.

15 posted on 07/01/2014 10:51:02 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: PoloSec

Now it all makes sense. That’s what they needed all those size 5X and 6X tidy whities for. To sling shot the “unaccompanied minors” back across the border.


16 posted on 07/01/2014 10:51:27 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: paintriot

I’m betting that 95% are Mexicans and that Pablo texted Hernando “Get the kids on the road. I’ll watch for them at the border and let you know where they are”.


17 posted on 07/01/2014 10:53:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: PoloSec

If Kerry says it, that means it won’t happen.

What WILL happen is that once the kids are here, it will be the “right thing to do” to bring their entire families here.

Multiply the number of kids by at least 10.


18 posted on 07/01/2014 10:53:57 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I believe it was engineered, but I really don't understand their strategy.
19 posted on 07/01/2014 11:02:23 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I believe it was engineered, but I really don't understand their strategy.
20 posted on 07/01/2014 11:02:24 AM PDT by DannyTN
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