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President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Monday for emergency funds, possibly more than $2 billion, as the United States grapples with a surge of undocumented children and adults crossing the border from Mexico.
A White House official told CNN the money will go to securing appropriate space for the detention of children but also stemming the tide of immigrants. The government hopes to increase its ability to investigate and dismantle smuggling organizations as well as quickly return children and adults to their home countries if they do not qualify for asylum.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/29/obama-to-request-billions-to-deal-with-border-crisis/?hpt=hp_t1
Response to doxydad (Original post)
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)undocumented immigrants. America takes refugees in--remember what happened with the Cuban boat people around 1980?
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Tread lightly.