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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Sanguine on June 24, 2018, 10:16:35 pm
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June 18, 2018by Cary Cheshire
Category: Featured Articles, Texans in DC
On the heels of heightened awareness of illegal immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border, US Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation that would keep families together while also providing for enhanced border security.
Due to a decades-old court settlement which bars the US government from jailing illegal immigrant children, families crossing the border illegally and claiming to seek asylum status were often released into the country while their cases were pursued. That policy came to be known as “catch and release†and encouraged those seeking to enter the country illegally to bring children with them and to falsely claim for asylum in order to exploit the loophole in immigration law....
...In light of the difficult situation, US Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced the Protect Kids and Parents Act, legislation which provides for families to remain together and receive an expedited review of their request for asylum status.
https://empowertexans.com/texans-in-dc/cruz-protect-families-end-catch-and-release/
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Pretty much the model for what the president just did by EO.
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Pretty much the model for what the president just did by EO.
It's almost like he got the idea from Cruz. ^-^
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It's almost like he got the idea from Cruz. ^-^
They're probably in cahoots. Maybe the EO will pave the way for the overdue legislation.