Politicizing the issue will not solve the problem. Taking actions that address the root causes in the short and long term will. We should be taking up Immigration Reform to deal with the wide range of immigration problems. The current status on the border is the number of children coming across the border has abated. Those children remaining in detention shelters along the border number only a few hundred. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. these three Central American countries have among the highest per capita homicide rates in the world. with Honduras topping the list and the other two nations in the top five. To address this issue of the humanitarian crisis. I introduced H.R. 4990. the "Justice for Children Now Act of 2014." which authorizes the immediate hiring of an additional 70 immigration judges in the Executive Office of Immigration Review. This bill will help but it is not sufficient to address the backlogs to help advance the flow of the childrens immigration court hearings. The amount allowed under this bill will leave states and aid agencies footing a significant portion of the cost for assisting these helpless childrenwhen it is the role of the federal government to be present and actively engaged in leading the effort. I support the Presidents request for $3.7 billion to respond to the humanitarian crisis on the border and urge my colleagues in leadership to reconsider the level of funding for this great need.
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