Speaker. yesterdays bill vanished into thin air. and in its place. we now have this haphazard mess. This bill is the result of some sort of auction with members of the majority. The bill also paves the way for another piece of legislation to be approved tonighta brandnew bill on the socalled DACAdeferred action on undocumented children programrelated to young people who were brought here as minors by 2007 and only know the United States of America as their home. This new bill has not been approved by any committee and contains language that would throw thousands of young people into legal limbo. This new supplemental funding bill would add an additional $35 million to reimburse States for deploying the National Guard to the border. which is pointless. In other words. U.S. taxpayers will pick up the tab for Governor Perrys campaign stunt. The bill also would change the initial screening process used by Customs and Border Patrol. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposes the change. noting: It would make crippling changes to current U.S.- trafficking victim protection law that we fear would send these vulnerable children. and others in the future who have fled trauma. exploitation. and violence. back into harms way. likely resulting in continued degradation. injury. and death for many of them.
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