Posted on 11/25/2018 1:35:26 PM PST by jazusamo
Rep. Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that caravan migrants seeking asylum should be able to enter the country immediately, challenging President Trump’s efforts to keep them in Mexico while their cases are processed.
“That’s not the law. They should be allowed to come in, seek asylum. That’s the law,” Mr. Cummings said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Asked if he would support changing the law, the Maryland Democrat said, “No.”
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Anyone ask that old punching bag just what law allowed unauthorized entry into the country?
Say $50,000 per inmate/ per year/ times “58,766 known or suspected” aliens in the custody of federal authorities” — all paid for by American taxpayers and you get a BIG FAT NUMBER...
How much does it cost to send someone to prison?
https://www.marketplace.org/2017/05/15/world/how-much-does-it-cost-send-someone-prison
From link:
According to the Vera Institute of Justice, incarceration costs an average of more than $31,000 per inmate, per year, nationwide. In some states, it’s as much as $60,000. Taxpayers foot the bill for feeding, housing and securing people in state and federal penitentiaries.May 19, 2017
Bridges might be easier to fund than wall
It is worse than you stated in your post. Not only do they not know the law, they simply don’t care what the law is.
Until they are punished for breaking it, they will continue to ignore and break it.
Elijah needs to hurry up and die of old age. Hateful, stupid race-baiting old man.
As usual Cummings has his head up his a$$!
How long will it take before they allow the local militia at the border?
He's only 67, looks fairly robust, and has the government apparatchik health plan taking care of him. It might take another 20 years for him to keel over.
Rep. Alcee Hastings is in his early 80's, and he's still around.
Illegal aliens?
Illegal aliens?
U.S. law dictates Mexico let them in?
Rep. Elijah Cummings, just saying what a LOT of Congressional Republicans are quietly saying behind the scenes.
I believe President Trump is risking impeachment with the stand he’s taking, with a bunch of Republicans ready to join the Dems on the issue.
God Bless him for his courage.
yup...
Fine, as long as we can send all their bills to Elijah.
They seem like triplets with double digit IQs.
That would be Baltimordor.
Cummings stomping grounds.
Cheaper just to hang them.
Not a surprise, traitorous old Elijah Cummings humping for the invading illegal aliens.
I prefer to think of his likes as dumber than a box of hair. Hopefully, since a lot of RINO’s/Anti Trump Republicans’ heads were strummed in November that the party is already grooming new TRUE Republican Conservatives for 2020 to wipe out the mistakes the idiot voters made......please Lord.
Baltimoron
And now he’s a committee chairmen. Great just great.
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