Breitbart – by DANIEL NUSSBAUM
A delegation of six California lawmakers departed for Central America on Monday for a nine-day trip to discuss the immigration crisis with Central American leaders.
The delegation will visit El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama, according to Fresno’s ABC 30. The group includes Senate President Darrell Steinberg, Assemblymember Henry T. Perea, and East Bay State Senator Ellen Corbett, along with members of the California Latino Legislative Caucus.
“Certainly immigration is a federal issue, so there’s nothing we can do there,” Perea told ABC. “But what we can do is figure out how to deal with this issue in a very humane way.”
“For me, what comes first are the kids,” Senate President Darrell Steinberg told CBS. “They’re children who are risking their lives, some who have lost their lives, trying to take a perilous journey because they want to have a better life.”
“We intend to go down as fact-finders,” he continued. “Not representing the federal government and certainly not negotiating.”
Over 50,000 unaccompanied illegal children have crossed the border since October of last year. The number of women and children in U.S. detention centers is expected to hit 90,000 by September, according to NBC.
On Monday, a group of 40 illegal immigrants was deported to their native Honduras in what the Department of Homeland Security has called an “initial wave” of deportations.
President Obama has requested $3.7 billion from Congress to deal with the humanitarian crisis at the border, but some have criticized the request’s proposed allocation of funds. $1.8 billion would be appropriated for shelter and care for illegal immigrants, while just $1.1 billion would go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for expanded security and Border Patrol agent salaries and overtime pay.
crap man!!! Stop them at the border and turn them back. That’s what our laws tell us to do. A fact finding mission will not enforce the laws we already have on the books. The fact is, we are being invaded by a foreign entity, and our so called government officials are encouraging it. Whats so difficult to understand.
Exactly! This is nothing but a political stall tactic like Perry fighting with Obama, rather than doing what needs to be done which is to deport these invaders and sealing the border. Once again, they are looking for ways of going around the problem rather than attacking the source, which is what they are being paid by the elite to do. Make it look like they are doing something and put on a show for the American people, when in actuality, they are doing absolutely nothing and getting free drugs and a vacation out of it using taxpayers money.
“The delegation will visit El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama, according to Fresno’s ABC 30. The group includes Senate President Darrell Steinberg, Assemblymember Henry T. Perea, and East Bay State Senator Ellen Corbett, along with members of the California Latino Legislative Caucus.”
Bullsh#t!!!
They went there for the drugs and hookers.
#1 you took the thought right out of my head. Scarry!! 🙄
They’ve got priors in that department, Paul.