Posted on 05/22/2019 10:35:06 AM PDT by jazusamo
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) said at a Wednesday congressional hearing that she believes deaths of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border are "intentional."
Her comments, made to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan as he testified to the House Committee on Homeland Security, come days after the announcement that a Guatemalan teen was the fifth minor to die at the border since December.
"With five kids that have died ... the evidence is really clear that this is intentional, it’s a policy choice being made on purpose by this administration and it’s cruel and inhumane," the freshman Democrat, who is a nurse, told McAleenan.
McAleenan argued that an increase in funds to the agency would have prevented the deaths. He said that the influx of immigration at the border is draining resources for the agency to be able to adequately respond, which is why he is asking for more money in the FY2020 budget.
"The crisis is exceeding the resources provided,” he said.
"People keep dying and so this is obviously more than a question of resources," Underwood responded.
Aleenan called Underwood's accusation "appalling accusation."
"Our men and women fight hard to protect people in our custody every single day," he said. "We’ve asked for [these] resources three weeks ago ... and we’ve asked for changes in authorities for the last three years that would have prevented this from happening."
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the committee, asked for Underwood’s comments to be “taken down,” according to USA Today, saying the congresswoman accused DHS of committing murder. His request was approved through a 9-5 vote, raising the possibility that Underwood could be punished for her comments, according to the report.
But other Democrats backed Underwood, according to the report, with Rep. Nannette Barragán, (D-Calif.) saying she agreed the deaths were "intentional" due to Trump administration immigration policies.
The tense exchange followed news that a fifth migrant child died from the flu recently after being apprehended by authorities. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has stopped processing new migrants at the border facility tied to the teen's death, after identifying an outbreak of flu-like symptoms.
McAleenan, while serving as Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, declared in March that the situation at the border had reached a "breaking point" amid a surge of border crossings. He added that authorities were "doing everything we can to simply avoid a tragedy in a CBP facility.”
So she’s accusing DHS of murder?
“The party of Baby Killers makes up crap, the seriousness of the charges matter, more after Sports....”
Another dumb no good Democrat has no clue and just spits lies emotionally.
Hang’em all.
The evidence is really clear that these people are STUPID...................
Intentional on the part of the parents, maybe.
of course...
Of course she is..she should just pretend they are aborted fetuses, than she wont care..she ONLY cares about these kids because they are future Dem voters
Insane and evil.
Some of the kids had long standing diseases from home, and in the US they took them to a hospital and tried everything to save their lives.
If the Guatemalans stayed in Guatemala, there wouldn’t be a problem.
DHS?
Or the people who use every death to forward their agenda?
They are CREATED by the democrats and international Socialist Party to CREATE the pressure on Trump and the local liberal and conscious-stricken churches to destroy American borders.
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They’re not stupid...their voters are....
These people have lost their minds.
Is there no accountability at all anymore?
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Wouldn't cure DemonRatz psychosis though...
I thought to myself and was about to post “should I search her photo to confirm the obvious?”. I didn’t post but confirmed the obvious. Does that make me a racist?
Ha, first thing that crosses my mind every time I hear one of these 'sympathy' stories.
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