Tonight I voted against the Senate majority’s $3.57 billion supplemental appropriations bill to address the crisis on the southern border of the United States. The wrong solution to our border crisis is to throw money at the problem without addressing the policies that created this situation. This proposal will fail to stem the tide of children making the dangerous trek to the United States. The best way to stop this humanitarian crisis is to reunite children who have come to America with their families in their home countries. Taking this action will send a message and deter children from even starting the difficult journey to the United States. I support an alternative proposal - the Protecting Children and America’s Homeland Act - that would make several changes to current immigration law to allow quicker repatriation of unaccompanied alien children while ensuring due process for asylum claims. The bill also would prevent the president from any expansion of the deferred action program and provide funding for border security, law enforcement and humanitarian assistance activities. The cost of the legislation would be fully offset. This proposal is a reasonable approach that will address this problem more effectively than the classic Washington response of spending money in hopes of fixing a problem. I am disappointed that Harry Reid, once again, refused to allow consideration of any Republican ideas.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:05:49 +0000
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