Heidi Altman, CAIR Coalition's legal director, was quoted in the USA Today article "GOP's nasty border bill" by Kristen Powers on August 5th, 2014.
The article explains: "The bill is based on an avalanche of misinformation, starting with Sen. Ted Cruz's baseless assertion that "what is causing this humanitarian crisis is that these children believe that they will be granted, in the future, amnesty." No, the cause is violence in the kids' home countries. They're fleeing not only to the U.S but also to Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize. It has nothing to do with U.S. law, which doesn't even provide a pathway to citizenship, let alone amnesty. Of 404 recently arrived children surveyed by the United Nations refugee agency, only nine mentioned the United States' immigration policy."
Heidi discusses the reprehensible nature of the bill. She explains how 'the GOP bill creates a "sham system' that asks children without lawyers 'to prove to a judge that they are likely to be eligible for legal status in the U.S., with seven days or less to prepare their defense. It's a test that sets children up to ... be deported.'"
Read the full article here: http://usat.ly/1zTInmt
