Ted Cruz introduces legislation to keep immigrant families together after they cross the border

[Sanguine]

Cruz's Protect Kids and Parents Act would require the federal government to keep immigrant families together "absent aggravated criminal conduct or threat of harm to the children."

by Abby Livingston June 18, 2018 5:13 PM

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.

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The provisions of the legislation, according to the news release, include:...

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/18/ted-cruz-immigrant-families-together-border-texas/

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Bueno.

[INVAR]

So, we go the way of Rome, and Europe.

Let the mongrel hordes and barbarians in through the gates and pay for them to live here and eat out of our substance and be provided a living from our taxed labor.

No need to insist they follow the laws or our language and culture.

We are committing national suicide for the sake of replacing the existing population with more pliant slaves.

[Sanguine]

So, we go the way of Rome, and Europe.

Let the mongrel hordes and barbarians in through the gates and pay for them to live here and eat out of our substance and be provided a living from our taxed labor.

No need to insist they follow the laws or our language and culture.

We are committing national suicide for the sake of replacing the existing population with more pliant slaves.

@INVAR, did you read the bill?  I'm not a fan because I take a very hardline stance, but I don't think the bill does what you seem to think it does.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/18/ted-cruz-immigrant-families-together-border-texas/

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:



More at link...

I wonder how child separation is polling in TX?

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Already posted:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,320869.msg1716124.html#msg1716124

[INVAR]

@INVAR, did you read the bill?  I'm not a fan because I take a very hardline stance, but I don't think the bill does what you seem to think it does.

"would require the federal government to keep immigrant families together"

Does not limit "immigrant families" to those "families" who are in country legally or with permissions via proper paperwork flings while their case is adjudicated.

This seems to be a blanket to cover all "immigrants" whether legal or illegal.

AFAIC - we need to shut the damn border down hard. STOP any and ALL immigration from anywhere until the millions already here become assimilated in 20 years or so.

You will not remain an intact country for long with open borders to a welfare state.  Our goose may already be cooked.

And Cruz, is just playing politics - which makes me sick to my stomach.

It is time to END all the incentives to the invasion that is hastening the bankruptcy of the country.

If you are here illegally, expect to lose your children until you are repatriated with them in your native country after deportation.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Cruz defends Trump policy of family separation
MSN News, Jun 11, 2018, The Hill

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is defending the Trump administration's policy of separating migrants from their children when they are apprehended at the border, saying it can't be avoided when people illegally cross the border.

"There's actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail," Cruz told the Dallas public radio station KERA on Monday, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News.

"So when you see reporters, when you see Democrats saying don't separate kids from their parents, what they're really saying is don't arrest illegal aliens," Cruz said.

"There is a reason why under the Obama administration that often didn't happen, because when they apprehended people here illegally, they just let them go. And when you let them go, you didn't separate children from parents," Cruz said. "There's no doubt that illegal immigration causes human tragedies and many of those tragedies are visited on kids."

The issue has created another contention point between Cruz and his Democratic challenger for his Senate seat, Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D).

"You are either for separating children from their parents or you are against it. I am against it," O'Rourke posted on Facebook last month.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cruz-defends-trump-policy-of-family-separation/ar-AAyvRwT?ocid=spartanntp

[driftdiver]

I bet this whole thing is the Republican rhinos working with the dems.  This let's them pass amnesty while blaming the dems.  The dems claim victory for forcing it thru

[Sanguine]

I bet this whole thing is the Republican rhinos working with the dems.  This let's them pass amnesty while blaming the dems.  The dems claim victory for forcing it thru

It looks like it.  Sure hope we're wrong.

[rustynail]

" keep immigrant families together after they cross the border",  in a bus heading south.

[Sanguine]

"would require the federal government to keep immigrant families together"

Does not limit "immigrant families" to those "families" who are in country legally or with permissions via proper paperwork flings while their case is adjudicated.

This seems to be a blanket to cover all "immigrants" whether legal or illegal.

AFAIC - we need to shut the damn border down hard. STOP any and ALL immigration from anywhere until the millions already here become assimilated in 20 years or so.

You will not remain an intact country for long with open borders to a welfare state.  Our goose may already be cooked.

And Cruz, is just playing politics - which makes me sick to my stomach.

It is time to END all the incentives to the invasion that is hastening the bankruptcy of the country.

If you are here illegally, expect to lose your children until you are repatriated with them in your native country after deportation.

OK, here is the relevant part:  "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."

[Frank Cannon]

Paul Manafart has kids Lyin' Ted. Can we pass legislation to keep US prisoners with their kids too?

[skeeter]

OK, here is the relevant part:  "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."

The only thing required to defuse this situation and end the abuse of the asylum offer is to take a timely and serious look at each individual case - requiring more adjudicators of course. By all means put mom and junior together - even if mom has a weeks' beard growth and doesn't know the kids name (its compassionate) - if an actual fit for asylum proceed from there. If not, home mom & junior go.

BTW any non Mexican passing through Mexico to the USA has already received asylum before they get here - from Mexico. I believe international law stipulates that asylum shall be granted by the first safe country a refugee enters. So each of those people, as well as those trying to enter illegally,  should be summarily turned away at the border every time.

[Right_in_Virginia]

(And they're not coming through ports of entry to claim asylum.)

[SirLinksALot]

OK Folks, can someone explain to me why we can't have this bill instead?

 Legislation which guts the existing process and replaces with immediate deportation of those caught in the act of entering illegally.

They want intact families? OK, deport them together!

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

(And they're not coming through ports of entry to claim asylum.)

http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/18/illegals-other-children-asylum-claims/

Illegal immigrants are increasingly posing with children who are not their own in order to try to gain expedited entry to the U.S., multiple sources tell The Daily Caller.

A law enforcement source directly involved in apprehension told The Daily Caller officers are increasingly encountering “family units” of adult males with children of various ages. When law enforcement attempts to debrief the adult males with children, they often cannot answer even the most basic questions about their supposed children. The children also rarely appear to know details of their apparent “fathers.”

The law enforcement source cast doubt on the asylum claims that many of the illegal immigrants appear to parrot, pointing out that the vast majority of those detained are actively trying to evade authorities. Only upon their detention do they offer the exact same credible fear of returning home, most of whom say the phrase in the exact same scripted way.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

This is make or break. Do Not Retreat Donny. Hold the Line!

http://thehill.com/latino/392912-trump-digs-in-amid-uproar-on-zero-tolerance-policy

President Trump on Monday showed no signs of budging from his “zero tolerance” border policy as a growing number of Republicans criticized it for separating children from their families.

The Trump administration is digging in, defending its stance while many Republicans on Capitol Hill are worried that the White House’s policy will become a huge election year issue. The immigration story has dominated headlines over the last several days and fractured the GOP.

Trump is scheduled to meet House Republicans Tuesday evening to discuss two GOP immigration bills that are expected to hit the floor this week.

[dfwgator]

OK Folks, can someone explain to me why we can't have this bill instead?

 Legislation which guts the existing process and replaces with immediate deportation of those caught in the act of entering illegally.

They want intact families? OK, deport them together!

The idea is to discourage them from even trying in the first place.   This is more important than the wall.

[libertybele]

Sen. Ted Cruz introduces 'emergency' bill to keep immigrant families together, slams Dems' proposal

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Monday announced a plan to introduce comprehensive "emergency legislation" designed to end unnecessary separations of illegal immigrant children from their parents.

The bill, an answer to President Trump's call for a congressional solution to the situation, would double the number of immigration judges to 750 and mandate that illegal immigrant families be kept together, unless there has been "aggravated criminal conduct" or threat of harm to the children, according to Cruz's office.

The new legislation would also authorize new temporary shelters for immigrant families, and provide for expedited resolution of asylum claims within 14 days.........

.........But the administration has consistently said that the so-called Flores consent decree -- crafted during former President Bill Clinton's administration -- is what prohibits them from keeping parents and children together during these prosecutions, by limiting how long children can remain in federal custody.............

..........."President Obama held tens of thousands of children in detention centers who came illegally as immigrants," Cruz said. "Now, when Obama was president, the Democrats didn’t think it was a problem. ... But regardless, it was a problem then, it’s a problem now.".......

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/18/sen-ted-cruz-introduces-emergency-bill-to-keep-immigrant-families-together-slams-dems-proposal.html

[Right_in_Virginia]

Stop making illegal entry into the country easier and more palatable.  Spend the money on the damn wall and force those entering through the south through US ports of entry.

Problem solved.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Stop spending money to make illegal entrants into the US more comfortable.  Spend the money on the damn wall and force those coming into this country from the south through US Ports of Entry.

Problem solved.

We don't need a damn "emergency bill".  We need the wall.

[sneakypete]

Sen. Ted Cruz introduces 'emergency' bill to keep immigrant families together, slams Dems' proposal

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Monday announced a plan to introduce comprehensive "emergency legislation" designed to end unnecessary separations of illegal immigrant children from their parents.

The bill, an answer to President Trump's call for a congressional solution to the situation, would double the number of immigration judges to 750 and mandate that illegal immigrant families be kept together, unless there has been "aggravated criminal conduct" or threat of harm to the children, according to Cruz's office.

The new legislation would also authorize new temporary shelters for immigrant families, and provide for expedited resolution of asylum claims within 14 days.........

.........But the administration has consistently said that the so-called Flores consent decree -- crafted during former President Bill Clinton's administration -- is what prohibits them from keeping parents and children together during these prosecutions, by limiting how long children can remain in federal custody.............

..........."President Obama held tens of thousands of children in detention centers who came illegally as immigrants," Cruz said. "Now, when Obama was president, the Democrats didn’t think it was a problem. ... But regardless, it was a problem then, it’s a problem now.".......

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/18/sen-ted-cruz-introduces-emergency-bill-to-keep-immigrant-families-together-slams-dems-proposal.html

Caving Craven Cruz. Wadda freaking punk.

[sneakypete]

Stop spending money to make illegal entrants into the US more comfortable.  Spend the money on the damn wall and force those coming into this country from the south through US Ports of Entry.

Problem solved.

We don't need a damn "emergency bill".  We need the wall.

@Right_in_Virginia

I always suspected Cruz was a ballless weasel.

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