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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-administration-cancels-english-classes-soccer-legal-aid-for-unaccompanied-child-migrants-in-us-shelters/2019/06/05/df2a0008-8712-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html?utm_term=.5362cecf9b5f?uuid=aCy_RoeiEemkkSXfYceNxA
The Trump administration is canceling English classes, recreational programs and legal aid for unaccompanied minors staying in federal migrant shelters nationwide, saying the immigration influx at the southern border has created critical budget pressures.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement has begun discontinuing the funding stream for activities including soccer that have been deemed not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety, including education services, legal services, and recreation, said U.S. Health and Human Services spokesman Mark Weber.
Federal officials have warned Congress that they are facing a dramatic spike in unaccompanied minors at the southern border and have asked Congress for $2.9 billion in emergency funding to expand shelters and care. The program could run out of money in late June, and the agency is legally obligated to direct funding to essential services, Weber said.
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Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jun 2019
OP
They don't care about that, all they care about is turning this into kiddie prison
Blue_Tires
Jun 2019
#7
niyad
(113,552 posts)1. there are words, but most would net me a visit from the suits.
underpants
(182,878 posts)2. So, how are they supposed to "assimilate" without English classes?
Did. That. Not. Cross. Anyones. Mind?
bitterross
(4,066 posts)4. They don't want them to assimilate
They don't wan that anymore than they are "pro-life." They want them here to do the jobs no one else will do. They want to keep them from assimilating so they remain second class citizens.
Initech
(100,102 posts)5. I think that's the plan.
I'm sure that is Bannon and or Miller's doing. Argh, fuck this administration!
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)8. "fuck this administration"
Fuck 100 god damned million "Americans" who support this.
One in three of us is worse than the devil.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)7. They don't care about that, all they care about is turning this into kiddie prison
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)3. Besides the politics...
This administration is full of fucking rabid assholes.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)6. Remember the lies about how these were just like summer camp?
Yeah, now they're even more like prison camps