Posted on 07/06/2014 12:16:25 PM PDT by PoloSec
(Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Sunday the U.S. border is not open to illegal entry into the country, but acknowledged the government does need to be sensitive to the tens of thousands of migrant children flowing into detention centers.
More than 52,000 unaccompanied minors from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have been caught trying to sneak over the U.S.-Mexico border since October, double the number from the same period the year before. Thousands more have been apprehended with parents or other adults.
"We have to do right by the children, but at the end of the day, our border is not open to illegal migration and we will stem the tide," Jeh Johnson, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
Johnson said that the government administers deportation proceedings to illegal migrants seized at the border, including children. But he added that the government is looking at being more flexible toward the children seized at the border.
"We are looking at ways to create additional options for dealing with the children, in particular, consistent with our laws and our values," Johnson said.
Johnson repeated the stance, taken by President Barack Obama last week, that the president would take executive action to revamp the U.S. immigration system.
"There are a number of things the president and I, within the confines of existing law, can do to fix the broken immigration system. If Congress doesn't act, we will," Johnson said.
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Doing “right” for the “children” means arresting them, seizing any assets and deporting them. Who cares about their ages...they are illegal alien invaders.
This jeh johnson fool head “homeland security”. Just what kind of homeland security is orchestrating an invasion of the homeland by illegal aliens. What a putz. He should be fired and imprisoned for his idiocy.
The US must do right by the Law and the People of the United States of America.
Apparently no one in Congress will, more specifically the House.
Jeh is another racially/leftist club AA appointment doing what Obama/Jarrett/Holder want him to.
"You can't stop them from having sex so you might as well give them condoms so at least they will be safe.
"We can't stop these children from flooding our border so we might as well provide for their safety."
This is a direct attempt to subvert the United States.
only some are children the rest are older teens and adults..not children..thats just the hype
“There are a number of things the president and I, within the confines of existing law, can do to fix the broken immigration system. If Congress doesn’t act, we will,” Johnson said.
HORSE CRAP!!! If the President and Congress doesn’t act, BELIEVE ME, WE, the CITIZENS, who are getting stuck with the bill for this fiasco, WILL ACT!!!! AND YOU’RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT!
” but acknowledged the government does need to be sensitive to the tens of thousands of migrant children flowing into detention centers. “
Horse Manure Mr Johnson !!
Be sensitive to the millions of AMERICAN CITIZENS here now...
They/We are NOT responsible for the open border not having been closed for decades——See POLITICIAN in Websters.....
Just like any other child that runs away from home, you have to send them home!
Simple truth evades progressives’ minds. The parents need to do right for their children. not the US, not France, not Russia, not Mexico....PARENTS.
How about we do right by our own children and nation.
The American government should probably try doing right by the American people first.
Yeah, and the economy is improving, unemployment is down, Islamists are decimated, etc.
EVERYTHING this administration says is a LIE.
Its a govt lie but it is brought to you by their lying media.
Sorry, I no longer see any distinction between Obama’s administration and the MSM. Because there is not any...
turning them into wards of the state is not “doing right”.
Why so concerned for illegal immigrant children but not worried about U.S. cirizens aborting over a 1/2 million a year? I sense hypocrisy somewhere here.
whose laws and what values?
good God.
what a mkess.
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