So what these children need now. as Senator PORTMANs report suggests. is certainly a more transparent process with robust oversight. That sounds kind of bureaucratic. but what we need is somebody who can make sure that no child is placed with somebody who is going to abuse them. exploit them or make their life a living hell while they are here. We also need to make sure they are given an opportunity to appear in front of an immigration judge because maybe they have some legal basis upon which to claim a right to stay in the United States under current lawbut maybe notand maybe the proper recourse is for these children to be returned to their home country. We have had this experience before. where there is no enforcement of our immigration laws when people know they can penetrate our border and come here and successfully stay. even though they dont comply with the law. Our laws lose all deterrent value. in other words. where there is deterrence. people dont come in the first place because they realize the likelihood is that they will be unsuccessful. That is an important goal of law enforcement.
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