Cruz Introduces Legislation To Address Illegal Immigrant Family Separations
By Dennis Foley
Jun 18, 2018 @ 5:10 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced emergency legislation Monday to address the separation of children from illegal immigrant families.
“All Americans are rightly horrified by the images we are seeing on the news, children in tears pulled away from their mothers and fathers. This must stop. Now,” Cruz said in a statement. “We can end this crisis by passing the legislation I am introducing this week.”
The bill is called the Protect Kids and Parents Act.
“The answer is not what congressional Democrats are proposing: simply releasing illegal aliens and returning to the failed policy of ‘catch and release,” the Texas Republican stated. “Rather, we should fix the backlog in immigration cases, remove the legal barriers to swift processing, and resolve asylum cases on an expedited basis.”
 In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who’ve been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)Cruz’s proposal would double the number of federal immigration judges; authorize new temporary shelters that can accommodate whole families; mandate that illegal immigrant families be kept together, unless there is a threat to the children; and provide expedited processing for asylum cases with the goal of having decisions made within two weeks.
“While these cases are pending, families should stay together,” Cruz stated. “Children belong with their mothers and fathers. Once their cases have been adjudicated – under my legislation, in no longer than 14 days – those who meet the legal standard should be granted asylum and those who don’t should be immediately returned to their home country.”
Cruz again reiterated that children are often the biggest victims of illegal immigration.
“Repeatedly, I have visited detention facilities tragically housing young children. For far too long, children have been the greatest victims of our broken immigration system, with tens of thousands of children who were detained under the Obama Administration and continuing through today, and with far too many of those children facing horrific physical or sexual assault from criminal human traffickers.”
The lawmaker said he hopes Democrats will join him in correcting the situation. It’s not clear how much support this proposal will have.
Cruz horrified by images of migrant children pulled away from parents
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