When we talk to the girls. we learn the girls want to go to school and get an education. They dont want to be recruited into these vial circumstances. These are earnest. hardworking children who want to have safety. who want to have a future. and we want to be able to see. by interviewing them. if they qualify for refugee status. If they dont. they will have to go back home. but if they do. they get to stay here. So they deserve the protection under law. We need to pass this legislation. This bill is a funding bill. It does not include immigration legislation. We say those kinds of things can either be brought up in another way or another method. but this is a clean funding bill. When I say "clean." it means it has no legislative language on it related to immigration. So I hope we can pass this legislation. Now. I have listened to my own constituents. and many of them are saying to me: Hey. BARB. we are not against these kids. In fact. recent polling says 69 percent of the American people say if they are refugees. we should take care of them and they have a right to determine their legal status. But many of my constituents say: Hey. BARB. what about us?
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