Today, the House passed legislation that allows us to immediately call in the National Guard to secure our border; reforms current law to allow for the expedited deportation of the unaccompanied children being illegally smuggled into the U.S; accelerates judicial proceedings of immigrant children; and strengthens repatriation efforts in Central America. Most importantly, the cost is completely offset with cuts to other spending and accomplishes these important priorities at no additional cost to taxpayers. Even though we had difficulty in the House passing important legislation to secure the border and deal effectively with the crisis at the southern border, we understood that action had to be taken. So we stayed, and today, we got the job done and passed a good bill that will work. In stark contrast, the Senate rejected the President’s request to deal with the crisis at the border and packed their bags and went home. Read more: goo.gl/4SQxA0
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:24:42 +0000
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