07-08-2014, 01:59 PM
(07-08-2014, 05:01 AM)Duchess Wrote:(07-07-2014, 08:42 PM)sally Wrote: lets crack down on bus loads of migrant children because they might cost us too much money at the ER for colds and sniffles.Good idea. The authorities already have some quarantined because they bought the swine flu with them when they entered.
Even for the healthy immigrant children who cross or attempt to cross our borders, it does cost the US a lot of money. It's not the kids' faults, but what should we do with them?
Currently, they're placed with the Dept. of Human and Health services until they can be deported back, but that sometimes takes years and it's not cheap to properly care for them in the meantime. Plus, should we really be sending kids back to the place that sent them off unaccompanied in the first place?
I don't have the answers, but President Obama has just requested $3.7 billion to address the current crisis and is expected to propose modifications to the 2008 laws/policies in the near future.
Here's a story on the new budget request: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08...67258.html