Posted on 07/14/2014 11:41:53 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman (R) pressed the Obama administration Monday to give him the names of nearly 200 children in his state who had been apprehended entering the country illegally.
"We want to know the names of those individuals, who their sponsor is, is their sponsor legal, what communities did you send them to," Heineman said. "Why are they conducting a secret operation essentially — transporting them all over the country, and now we learn to Nebraska, and the federal government won't tell us what is going on."
The governor said on "Fox and Friends" that he learned from Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns (R) that the federal government had moved the children to the state amid the large influx being apprehended crossing over the Texas-Mexico border — mainly originating from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. "I'm concerned, it is 200 today, how many is it tomorrow?" Heineman asked.
Federal law requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to house children from noncontiguous countries until they can be released to a guardian in the United States to await deportation proceedings.
The policy has become controversial because there is no guarantee the children will show up for deportation proceedings once they are released into the United States.
The HHS told The Wall Street Journal it is required to keep the children's personal information confidential.
"They said they believe in transparency in government," Heineman said. "Why won't they be transparent on this situation? What are they hiding?"
The governor said the only way the children will eventually be returned to their county is if the government keeps track of them.
"Hey, I want to help the president here," he said. "He said he wants to return them expeditiously. The only way you are going to be able to do that is you got to be able to keep track of them. We need to know who they are."
The governor said he would work with his delegation and hopes an amendment will be inserted into the $3.7 billion in supplemental funding that President Obama requested to deal with the recent surge.
"I hope the Congress will insert language that says governors, mayors, other local officials deserve to know when they are sending these individuals to our states," he said.
Their Sponsor? Obama
Is Sponsor Legal? NO
Obama, “Names ,We don’t need no stinking names”
Gotta spread the diseases widely so they are more difficult to stop.
I am sure the Fed’s will honor the Governor’s Request-not.
Is Sponsor Legal? NO
Yup.
the guv will be told they have a right to privacy as found in the mexican penumbra.
A few of the names include Julio Gonzales, Pedro Escallera, Juan Jorge, and Abdul Ali.
Just more transparency from the Obama administration.
Ubama's government is leading a foreign invasion.
Ubama is an enemy combatant.
"We're going to find these illegal children and promptly detain them. And bill the federal government for all expenses involved."
Another Republican who stupidly believes that Obama is working in the nation's best interests.
good luck getting names. it’s not like any of the invaders have ID
Nebraska Constitution
IV-14. Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia.
The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state (except when they shall be called into the service of the United States) and may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion.
Give’em names when they show up on the first day of school.
Unfortunately, they probably have ID now.
Maybe even 2 or 3 legal names have been provided to them at this point.
New SSNs, 840 FICO scores and the like.
Ohhh that’s going to cause an uproar —
What right to privacy? That is soooooooooooooooo 20th century!
Call out your Guard and direct the to stop thm at the border of your State. Order the State Police to arrest whomever is transporting these people for human trafficking. Then we will believe you’re serious.
No wonder Americans have been buying GUNS in record numbers the last few years.
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