The Senate caught the lateral and passed it by voice to the President. We didnt see that bill. It became a component of what they have utilized as an open door. coupling the 2008 bill with an expansive reading of the asylum language and the Presidents DACA language is what is bringing these tens of thousands of unaccompanied alien minors here. which are only 20 percent of the overall group that are coming. There are also family unitsusually. mothers with a child or children. There are individual males coming in. in significant numbers. I have said that we have imported at least 40.000 15yearold. 16yearold. and 17yearold boysprime gang recruitment ageand that doesnt give you the data on those that are 18. 19. 20. 25 to 31. and those are just the ones that are covered under DACA. I offered an amendment that would have cut off all funding to DACA. It mirrors the CruzBlackburn language. It is good language. and it should be part of this bill.
Identified stereotypes
Teenage male immigrants are stereotyped as potential gang recruits.