An appalling story is up on ThinkProgress that begs for Congress to take action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The time for action is now. Unaccompanied children entering the United States at almost double the rate of last year are testing the limits of Department of Homeland Security capacity, as some 1,000 minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border on their own were transferred to an Arizona “warehouse” that has not been used to hold people in years, according to the Associated Press. The children are sleeping in plastic containers and haven’t showered in ten days, according to the Honduras consul to the United States, who visited the site. thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/06/08/3446282/migrant-children-surge/ The CPC recently held an Ad-Hoc Hearing to discuss the dire need for immigration reforms based on the stories of individuals. https://youtube/watch?v=Z9AbzW4N8cM
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:56:53 +0000
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