House moving quickly on border

Politico ^ | July 15, 2014 | SEUNG MIN KIM and JAKE SHERMAN

[Uncle Chip]

House Republicans are moving quickly to address the growing humanitarian crisis on the southern border, possibly holding votes as soon as next week.

As Congress moves closer to the monthlong August recess, the speedy action sends a clear message to Senate Democrats: Take it or leave it.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), incoming Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and a group of top lawmakers working on the border crisis are set to file a bill that very closely mirrors the legislation crafted by Texas lawmakers Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar.

The legislation will come with additional funding for the Obama administration somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion — much less than the nearly $4 billion the White House requested last week.

The bill also would aim to give President Barack Obama “more tools” to deal with the crisis, such as policy changes to speed up deportations of unaccompanied minors.

The House Republicans’ measure could be filed as soon as Thursday and passed next week.

“We want to swiftly and humanely return [the children] to their home[s],” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), a member of a House GOP group working on the issue, said Tuesday. “Only until we do that will we stop the flow. We need a message of deterrence.”...

No final decisions have been made in the House. Aside from changing the 2008 law, Republicans there are also discussing language that would make it easier for Border Patrol agents to pursue illegal migrants at the border.

The Obama administration designated roughly 500,000 acres of land near the border as a national monument, which Republicans say says hampers law enforcement....

[Liz]

ping

[Uncle Chip]

They are saying that the normal process for a deportation hearing a a year and a half — that’s BS crazy.

McCain said this morning on the news that it can be done in 7 days —

I say send them home pronto and give them their immigration back there.

[Flintlock]

ANYTHING LESS than “ throw the bums out” is unacceptable.

[deport]

Try the Organ Mountains...........

http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/national_monuments/omdp_national_monument.html

[bonfire]

whoopee....they aren’t going to give BO QUITE as many BILLIONS. Capitulate Party.

[princess leah]

So congress wants to STEAL another 2.0 + billion from the taxpayers...JUST SAY NO! Maybe we need a HUMAN WALL to deter the illegals - all standing shoulder to shoulder along the border. Maybe we need to go back to the days where chainmail and body armor where the norm and shields and swords were the weapon of choice. That might deter the illegals!

[rainee]

Don’t trust the GOP on this..moving quickly means they don’t want public to know what they’re up to. Should be an enforcement only bill!
& if they go first, Reid will have a bill to turn into his own amnesty boondoggle.

[ridesthemiles]

How many billions are being spent giving the invaders EBT cards & bussing them to Wal-Mart to shop?

See thread #3180316.

We are being scammed AGAIN be Obama.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

‘I’d expect nothing less than capitulation from a charter member of the RINO herd like Coryn, so this is no surprise.’

Some unbiased third party needs to read this bill closely, God knows what is buried inside it. Most likely it will in the end benefit the folks who are pushing the invasion. Goodbye Cali. we will not miss you and your crazy crap.

[glennaro]

Fence? ... Did anyone say “fence”? ... (oh, yeah, a couple of decades ago they did ...)

[HiJinx]

McCain said this morning on the news that it can be done in 7 days —

He could be thinking of the expedited deportation (Zero Tolerance) process in effect here in Arizona and other border states. I believe it only applies to Mexican nationals, though.

[LucyT]

Article and # 14.

Thanks, Liz.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping.

[magna carta]

McCaul, Cornyn & crew highly dubious on this issue. Please be on guard. For instance FAIR is alerting us on Trojan Horse McCaul bill:
Dane points to section 103 of the bill, the text of which was introduced by Cornyn and Cuellar on Tuesday evening.
On pages 16 through 19 of the 50-page bill, Dane from FAIR says, section 103 details how any “illegal alien minor from Central America, who entered within the last year and a half” can “file a motion to get either his notice to appear or final order of removal expunged.”
“The bill then allows the illegal alien minors to immediately apply for admission to the U.S. – without going home and without any penalties,” Dane said in an email.

[GeronL]

Over 43,000 have already been released

Plus the vast majority of the invasion are adults, and nobody seems to want to talk about that

[GOPJ]

Thanks Liz

[Slings and Arrows]

[Vision Thing]

They say a house divided cannot stand, so what do they say about a house with six legs? :)

[Slings and Arrows]

They say a house divided cannot stand, so what do they say about a house with six legs? :)

They grab a swatter - it could be a house fly.