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GOP TASK FORCE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS?

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^ Kay Granger

The House Republican spearheading a policy response to the crisis on the southern border pledged Friday to release recommendations early next week.

The seven-member group established by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has already missed a few self-imposed deadlines to make public its proposal to curb the influx of unaccompanied minors, primarily from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, at the Texas border.

In a statement released Friday evening, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas, pictured above) said the group had made “extraordinary progress in a short amount of time” and was preparing “sensible, humane, but tough recommendations” on the border crisis.

The group is likely to recommend revising a 2008 anti-trafficking law to effectively speed up deportations of the migrant children, boosting National Guard troops at the border, and bolstering border-security measures, among other provisions.

“This is not a political problem,” Granger said. “This is an urgent crisis that must be dealt with immediately.”

“The working group believes there are steps that can be taken to stop individuals, mostly women and children, from making the horrific trip from Central America to our southern border,” she continued.

“Additionally, we must ensure that our border is secure and that unaccompanied minors are repatriated back to their home country in a swift and humane way, while ensuring proper protections are in place for the children who need them.”


While the group has lagged in releasing its plan, some of its members have released their own proposals. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) has unveiled an asylum measure. And Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) dropped a bill that, in principle, is similar to what the group is poised to recommend — treating children from Central America the same as minors from Mexico, who can be sent home more quickly.

“I appreciate the legislative solutions being introduced by members of the working group and look forward to incorporating many of their ideas in our recommendations,” Granger said.


Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/ka...z381r167Pf
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