Speech #1130112999

The treatment of these vulnerable kids. many of whom fled their homes to escape extreme violence. shocked me as a mother and as an American. Unfortunately. this bill contains only 11 percent of the resources the President requested for the Department of Health and Human Services. This paltry amount will only make conditions worse for these vulnerable children by limiting the Departments bedspace capacity and exacerbating delays in transferring children away from the overcrowded Border Patrol stations into the more suitable conditions of HHS. Unfortunately. insufficient funding isnt the only flaw in this bill. By treating all children the same. the majority means taking away protections and treating Central American children like Mexican and Canadian children who have limited protection under current law.