WHAT’S NEEDED: A CLEAN SUPPLEMENTAL, NOT CURSORY INTERVIEWS THAT COULD RESULT IN CHILD REFUGEES BEING SENT BACK TO THEIR DEATH

America’s Voice | July 23, 2014

The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, with respect to the current Congressional debate regarding Central American children who are seeking safety at our border.

As the House Working Group’s recommendations released today make clear, Republicans are hell bent on tying any supplemental appropriations to changes in the 2008 TVPRA.  This is exactly the wrong way to address this emergency unfolding in the region.  It will result in children who are eligible for protection in the United States being sent back to the violence they escaped… http://americasvoice.org/blog/whats-needed-clean-supplemental-cursory-interviews-result-child-refugees-sent-back-death/