Does anyone here live near the Mexican border?

[UncleBeer 244]

No doubt most of the 2 billion is for food/shelter but I heard a passing mention that part of it is also for increasing personnel to handle these cases to address the backlog and allow for returning them to their country sooner... I've seen no confirmation of this anywhere..

AP / White House say the preznit has no plans to send these kiddies back in a great hurry. Unexpectedly.

President Barack Obama is holding off for now on seeking new legal authority to send unaccompanied migrant kids back home faster.

The approach is a change from what the White House has signaled and follows criticism from immigration advocates who said the administration’s planned approach was too harsh.

It was confirmed Monday by two congressional aides who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.

Hey ya'll: knock off all the off-topic posts. Mota Bhai doesn't like 'em.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

This reminds me of the 80s song "Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so!"

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

and farts are seriously funny

Unless you are forced to hold them in. Then they are just... serious.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Hey ya'll: knock off all the off-topic posts. Mota Bhai doesn't like 'em.

You struck first. Then Teddy came along. I know VJ well enough to know once you and Teddy are here, there's no going back.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Unless you are forced to hold them in. Then they are just... serious.

And potentially messy.

You struck first. Then Teddy came along. I know VJ well enough to know once you and Teddy are here, there's no going back.

It's kinda like "who put the lime in the coconut"?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

This thread just went

[mota bhai 2,675]

This thread just went

That was very family friendly.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

That was very family friendly.

It does appear to be from a kid's cartoon. Arthur, right?

[Teddy B 17,252]

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

AP / White House say the preznit has no plans to send these kiddies back in a great hurry. Unexpectedly.

Thank you for the link.. It addressed the question directly though I can't say I am thrilled at what the administration is saying:

President Barack Obama is holding off for now on seeking new legal authority to send unaccompanied migrant kids back home faster from the Southern border, following criticism that the administration's planned changes were too harsh.

Instead when Obama formally asks Congress for more than $2 billion in emergency spending Tuesday to deal with the border crisis, the request will not be accompanied by the policy changes that the White House had indicated it planned to seek, according to two congressional aides. The aides spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the matter by name ahead of the announcement.

To be fair in the third paragraph:

White House officials said they still intend to pursue additional authorities to speed the return of the children who've been arriving by the thousands, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. But for now the White House request will focus on additional money for immigration judges, detention facilities, legal aid and other items that could address the situation on the border, which the administration has termed a humanitarian crisis.

[Boiler 45,525]

If they wanted to do it why are they not doing it now?

[UncleBeer 244]

But for now the White House request will focus on additional money for immigration judges, detention facilities, legal aid and other items that could address the situation on the border, which the administration has termed a humanitarian crisis.

And lollipops of course.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

If they wanted to do it why are they not doing it now?

From the article:

The new approach comes after the White House told Congress last week that it would seek "additional authority" for the Homeland Security secretary to quickly return the minors back home. Immigration advocates understood this to mean that the children, who currently have the right to a hearing before an immigration judge, would lose that right and instead would have to make it through an initial screening with a Border Patrol agent.

The immigrant advocacy community responded angrily, with more than 200 groups signing onto a letter last week calling on Obama to reconsider the changes.

Edited July 8, 2014 by OnMyWayID

[Boiler 45,525]

That will not change.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

No probably not.. That voting group has reached a point to have a say in what happens..