Posted on 06/23/2014 6:59:15 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
Claiming that as many as half of the illegal immigrant children flooding across the border may have legitimate cases to stay in America, House Democrats introduced legislation Monday to give them taxpayer-funded lawyers to maximize their chances of not being deported. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Karen Bass (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and Judy Chu (D-CA) introduced the Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act of 2014 (VIVA), which "would provide appointed legal counsel for unaccompanied minors and disabled individuals during immigration proceedings." "Some of the children who have come to this country may not have a valid legal basis to remain, but some will," Jeffries said. "Yet, it is virtually impossible for a child to assert a valid claim under immigration law in the absence of legal representation... It is a fantasy to believe that unrepresented children have a fair shot in an immigration proceeding.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has estimated that 90,000 unaccompanied minors will try to enter the country this year, and there have already been 52,000 illegal immigrant children who have entered the country from October of last year to June 15 of this year. The majority of the illegal immigrant children were from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Democrats said most of the illegal immigrant children are not aware of the technicalities they can use to stay in the country, and that is why they need the taxpayer-funded legal representation. Illegal immigrant children can claim asylum, attempt to gain Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), or seek a "U Visa." SIJS is "available to certain undocumented immigrants under the age of 21 who have been abused, neglected or abandoned by one or both parents," and it allows illegal immigrant children to get "green cards that allow them to live and work permanently in the United States."
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and providng work...or at least FUNDS ....to thousands of attorneys aka shysters,
the bills named VIVA????
“the answer to life’s little messes” (Viva)
how hideously ironic
The GOPe won’t ever fight like that!!
NO! NO! NO!
Call your representatives, people, and tell them not to vote for the Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act of 2014.
You can get the contact info at house.gov.
HELL NO!!!!!
The Liberal Democrat Lawyers Full Employment Act of 2014.
Send them home now and send their “lawyers” with them!
Exactly.
How about giving those lawyers to our Vets so they can sue the Federal Government and get some needed Freaking Health Care services?!
Yep. Dems want ILLEGALS provided for, but not our vets.
Paid Lawyers for the Invader Kids? H#LL NO!! Send. Them. Back.
I thought they were already doing this, through one of Obama’s little fiefdoms . . . er . . . executive branch agencies. He’s going to do it anyway. He just wants Congress to vote for it like a little feather in his golf hat, same as when he went in to help the rebels in Syria.
House-of-mirrors, funhouse, house-of-horrors presidency.
They will vote for it because it is a ‘humanitarian crisis’. Republicans are already using the left’s words to describe what is happening. They can’t be seen as mean. (shaking my head)
The way to end this crisis is to send the kids home. Period.
I agree but it’s not gonna happen. The Republicans are as bad as the Democrats on this. By the time it is over all the politicians will treat the illegals like they are gold plated.
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