Posted on 06/18/2018 7:11:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz announced emergency legislation Monday evening to keep immigrant families together after they cross the border into the United States.
The legislation follows comments Cruz made on Saturday that essentially called for more resources to adjudicate asylum claims. He also called for keeping immigrant kids with their parents as long as those adults are not associated with criminal activity.
"All Americans are rightly horrified by the images we are seeing on the news, children in tears pulled away from their mothers and fathers," Cruz wrote in a release. "This must stop. Now. We can end this crisis by passing the legislation I am introducing this week."
The provisions of the legislation, according to the news release, include:
* Doubling the number of federal immigration judges, from roughly 375 to 750.
* Authorizing new temporary shelters with accommodations to keep families together.
* Mandating that immigrant families be kept together, absent aggravated criminal conduct or threat of harm to children.
* Providing for expedited processing and review of asylum cases so that — within 14 days — those who meet the legal standards will be granted asylum and those who do not will be immediately returned to their home countries.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Texas' senior senator and the second-ranking Senate Republican, said on the chamber floor earlier Monday that he, too, would introduce legislation on this front.
"It will include provisions that mitigate the problem of family separation while improving the immigration court process for unaccompanied children and families apprehended at the border," he said. "To the greatest extent possible, families presenting at ports of entry or apprehended crossing the border illegally will be kept together while waiting for their court hearings, which will be expedited.”
Cruz and Cornyn are part of a growing number of Republican federal lawmakers who are pushing back against the Trump Administration's recently implemented "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which has so far led to the separation of about 2,000 children from their parents at the border. House Republicans are currently reworking a compromise immigration bill that would modify — but not end — the "zero tolerance" policy, NPR reported Monday.
Cruz's Democratic rival in his fall re-election bid, U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke of El Paso, spent part of the weekend demonstrating near a tent city in Tornillo, outside of El Paso.
What’s next...hotel stays for their USA vacay? Send them back immediately. Are people insane???
Is it too late for Lyn' Ted to resign, drop the re-election and get a real Trump Republican on the ballot in November? Otherwise, Senator Beto will be Lyn' Ted's fault.
“Why isn’t the Trump Administration calling this spade as it is!” I watched the briefing today. I believe that concern was mentioned several times.
He should hang out at a school on the first week of school each year. Whoa nellie at the screaming children!
LMAO!!! Those FEMA trailers are now “man camps” out in West Texas making $2ooo per month for their owners.
Lyin Ted is just pandering to the taco eaters who have overrun Texas.
Repelling them at the border, and not letting them set one foot on American soil to begin with. You know, the position Trump outlined unceasingly throughout the campaign.
“He also called for keeping immigrant kids with their parents as long as those adults are not associated with criminal activity. “
Crossing the border illegally is criminal activity.
Is Teddy just posturing again, or does he intend to do real damage?
(2)Exceptions (A)Safe third country Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if the Attorney General determines that the alien may be removed, pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement, to a country
Supposedly US and Mexico has a safe third country agreement and these non Mexican asylum seekers can be summarily rejected with no court action required if the did not seek Asylum in Mexico first.
Isn’t it great that Cruz is not president today.
Despite his claim of conservative credentials he is showing that he has more in common with Hillary, than Trump.
I agree. Deport them as a family.
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I agree. One key thing: DO NOT RELEASE them for a later hearing. They are a significant FLIGHT RISK.
Have their hearing and then send them and the children back. That would put a stop to them using children as their ticket for a free ride.
I know!! Let’s just send ALL of these children to NY!!
The taxpayers and citizens there are already used to supporting so many, from everywhere around the world, so why not?
Right?
A southern border issue can then become the problem of a NE state. I’m sure Delta and United would happily fly them up there on taxpayer dime. Or, maybe $0ros and CFI could pay the bill.
Geez.
Cruz running scared from Beto O’Rourk. Slimy Cruz.
"RIP, forum decorum."? LOL...n00b, imagine that there is a loss of "decorum" here, due to my CAPs, when soft porno pictures get posted, anti-Semetic garbage gets posted, and worse?
I guess that my CAPs "triggered" you, oh poor widdle snowflake.
Were/are you a Cruzite?
Did you just LOVE it when he and his crazy BFF Glenn Beck went down to the border and handed out teddy bears and water to the damned INVADING HORDE?
You don't deserve a civil reply, nor a reply to your query, due to your INCIVILITY and puerile, snide last sentence.
Now run along, n00b, and go suck your thumb, as you sit and rock back and forth in your darkened "safe space".
Beto went on the FakeNews channels, from the border city of El Paso, trying to look tough on this Mexico-inflicted issue....Ted must be feeling insecure and trying to show up NoBeto.
Maybe Sen. Cruz doesn’t know it normally takes the better part of a year to get hired by the federal government for a regular entry-level position, much less to vet people who might serve as immigration judges. Where does he think they’ll come from ... and what backgrounds will they need to have to qualify for this position.
Maybe a zotted reTed :-)
Cruz should go back to Canada.
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