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Representantes aprueban plan migratorio
Por ERICA WERNER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC, 1 de agosto de 2014 (AP): Los republicanos en la Cámara de Representantes aprobaron el viernes una iniciativa para hacer frente a la crisis en la frontera con México que prevé la repatriación de los niños recién llegados sin concederles una audiencia, después de que se ganaran el apoyo de los conservadores con nuevas disposiciones que podrían propiciar la deportación de más de medio millón de inmigrantes a los que el gobierno federal había concedido permisos temporales de trabajo.
Por su parte, el presidente Barack Obama censuró el proceder de los republicanos y afirmó que actuará de manera unilateral hasta donde le sea posible.
Un día después de que los líderes republicanos retiraran la iniciativa fronteriza del pleno de manera caótica, los legisladores afiliados al grupo conservador Tea Party estaban entusiasmados y apoyaron la nueva versión de 694 millones de dólares, así como una medida adicional para poner fin a un programa creado por Obama mediante el cual se conceden permisos de trabajo a los inmigrantes que llegaron sin permiso al país cuando eran menores de edad.
La segunda iniciativa también parecía diseñada para evitar que las más de 700.000 personas que ya tienen permisos de trabajo gracias al programa los renueven, lo cual las dejaría expuestas a deportaciones.
La iniciativa relacionada con los recursos fue aprobada el viernes en la noche con 223 votos a favor y 189 en contra. Cuatro republicanos rechazaron la medida y un demócrata le dio su apoyo.
La medida que pondría fin al programa de Obama para reducir las deportaciones fue aprobada por 216-192. Once republicanos votaron en contra y cuatro demócratas se distanciaron de la línea del partido y votaron a favor.
``Esto atiende el asunto que le importa más a la población estadounidense, y esa es detener la invasión ilegal de extranjeros a nuestro país'', dijo la representante republicana Michele Bachmann. ``Y tenemos que votar a favor''.
Pero Obama opina lo contrario.
``Ni siquiera están tratando de resolver el problema'', dijo el presidente. ``Tendré que actuar solo, porque no tenemos suficientes recursos''.
Obama dijo que reasignará recursos hacia donde le sea posible, al tiempo que dejó en claro que sus opciones son limitadas sin el apoyo del Congreso.
El gobierno ya ha adoptado medidas, como reordenar lista de asuntos en las cortes y reforzar el cumplimiento de las medidas.
La Cámara de Representantes sometió a votación las iniciativas en el que habría sido el primer día del receso de cinco semanas de los legisladores, aplazado por los líderes republicanos cuando sus planes para efectuar una votación se vinieron abajo el jueves inesperadamente. Los senadores ya se habían ido de vacaciones después de desechar su propia propuesta para enfrentar la crisis en la frontera, así que no había posibilidades de alcanzar un acuerdo definitivo.
Pero tres meses antes de las elecciones de medio período presidencial, los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes están resueltos a mostrar que ellos, por lo menos, podrían adoptar medidas para enfrentar la crisis en la que decenas de miles de menores de edad que viajan solos cruzan sin permiso hacia Estados Unidos por el sur de Texas después de huir de la violencia y la pobreza en Centroamérica.
``Sería irresponsable y poco digno de un estadista irnos a casa un mes sin aprobar una iniciativa para atender esta crisis actual tan grave en la frontera'', dijo el representante republicano Hal Rogers, presidente de la Comisión Presupuestaria.
Para alcanzar un acuerdo, los líderes del Partido Republicano tuvieron que satisfacer las exigencias de un grupo de unos diez o más legisladores conservadores que se reunieron tras bambalinas con los senadores republicanos Ted Cruz, de Texas, y Jeff Sessions, de Alabama, y aceptar las orientaciones que les presentaron de grupos externos como la Heritage Foundation, que se oponía a las versiones iniciales de la iniciativa.
Por otra parte, el Congreso también aprobó el viernes un paquete de 225 millones de dólares para reabastecer las defensas de misiles de Israel con su última orden del día antes de irse de vacaciones.
La cámara baja votó 395-8 después de que el Senado aprobara la iniciativa en voto oral horas antes durante la jornada.
Interactivo AP: http://hosted.ap.org/interactives/2013/
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Republican-controlled House OKs bill to address border crisis by sending migrant youths back home without hearings, including DACA participants
WASHINGTON, DC, August 1, 2014 (AP) House Republicans passed legislation late Friday to address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending migrant youths back home without hearings, winning over conservatives with a companion bill that could lead to deporting more than half a million immigrants whom the Obama administration granted temporary work permits. President Barack Obama condemned the Republican action and said he'd act unilaterally, as best he could.
A day after GOP leaders pulled the border bill from the floor in a chaotic retreat, tea party lawmakers were enthusiastically on board with the new $694 million version and a companion measure that would shut off a program created by Obama granting work permits to immigrants brought here without documentation as kids.
The second bill also seemed designed to prevent the more than 700,000 people who've already gotten work permits under the program from renewing them, ultimately making them subject to deportation.
The spending bill passed 223-189 late Friday, with only four Republicans voting ``no'' and one Democrat voting ``yes.'' The measure ending Obama's deportation relief program passed 216-192, with 11 Republican ``no'' votes and four Democrats crossing party lines to vote in favor.
``It's dealing with the issue that the American people care about more than any other, and that is stopping the invasion of illegal foreign nationals into our country,'' said Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. ``And we got to yes.''
But Obama said no. ``They're not even trying to solve the problem,'' the president said. ``I'm going to have to act alone, because we do not have enough resources.''
Obama said he would reallocate resources where he could, while making clear his options were limited without congressional action. The administration already has taken steps including re-ordering immigration court dockets and boosting enforcement measures.
The moves in the House came on what was to have been the first day of lawmakers' five-week summer recess, delayed by GOP leaders after their vote plans unexpectedly collapsed on Thursday. Senators had already left Washington after killing their own legislation on the border crisis, so there was no prospect of reaching a final deal.
But three months before midterm elections, House Republicans were determined to show that they, at least, could take action to address the crisis involving tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors fleeing violence and poverty in Central America to cross without documentation into South Texas.
``It would be irresponsible and unstatesmanlike to head home for the month without passing a bill to address this serious, present crisis on the border,'' said Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
To reach a deal, GOP leaders had to satisfy the demands of a group of a dozen or more conservative lawmakers who were meeting behind the scenes with Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and taking their cues from outside groups such as the Heritage Foundation that opposed earlier versions of the legislation.
These lawmakers objected to sending any more money to Obama without a strong stance against his two-year-old deportation relief program, which Republicans blame for causing the current border crisis by creating the perception that once here, young migrants would be allowed to stay—a point the administration and other experts dispute.
House GOP leaders agreed earlier in the week to hold a separate vote to prevent Obama from expanding the deportation relief program, as he's signaled he plans to do, but that didn't satisfy conservatives who held out for stronger steps.
Thursday night, those lawmakers huddled in the basement of the Capitol with new House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., until coming up with a deal ending funding for the deportation relief program as well as making changes to the border bill aimed at ensuring the faster removal of the Central American migrant youths.
Friday morning, as the full Republican caucus met in the Capitol, conservative lawmakers were declaring victory.
``I'm very satisfied,'' said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, the leading immigration hardliner in the House.
With the vote to end the deportation deferral program, ``We will put a handcuff on one of the president's hands,'' said Republican Bachmann.
The GOP plans met with howls of protest from immigration advocates and Democrats, who warned Republicans that they'd be alienating Latino voters for years to come.
``This, in all honesty and candor, is one of the most mean-spirited and anti-immigrant pieces of legislation I've seen in all my years in the Congress,'' said longtime Democrat Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
Democrats also accused Republicans of handing control of their policies to the most conservative lawmakers in the House, within months of abandoning pledges to act on broad-based legislation to overhaul U.S. immigration policy and bring millions of immigrants here without documentation out of the shadows.
The new GOP border bill adds $35 million more for the National Guard, which would go to reimburse states for guard deployments. Like earlier versions, it would increase spending for overwhelmed border agencies, add more immigration judges and detention spaces, and alter a 2008 anti-trafficking law to permit Central American kids to be sent back home without deportation hearings. That process is currently permitted only for unaccompanied minors arriving from México and Canada.
The bill would pay for strapped border agencies only for the final two months of this budget year, falling far short of the $3.7 billion Obama initially requested to deal with the crisis into next year. More than 57,000 unaccompanied youths have arrived since October, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, plus tens of thousands more migrants traveling as families.
Associated Press writers Donna Cassata, David Espo, Alan Fram, Stephen Ohlemacher, Jim Kuhnhenn and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.
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House Roll Call: $694 million bill for immigration
August 1, 2014 (AP): The 223-189 roll call Friday by which the House passed a $694 million bill aimed at addressing the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border.
A ``yes'' vote is a vote to pass the bill.
Voting yes were 1 Democrat and 222 Republicans.
Voting no were 185 Democrats and 4 Republicans.
X denotes those not voting.
There are 2 vacancies in the 435-member House.
ALABAMA
Democrats _ Sewell, N.
Republicans _ Aderholt, Y; Bachus, Y; Brooks, Y; Byrne, Y; Roby, Y; Rogers, Y.
ALASKA
Republicans _ Young, Y.
ARIZONA
Democrats _ Barber, N; Grijalva, N; Kirkpatrick, N; Pastor, N; Sinema, N.
Republicans _ Franks, Y; Gosar, Y; Salmon, Y; Schweikert, Y.
ARKANSAS
Republicans _ Cotton, Y; Crawford, Y; Griffin, Y; Womack, Y.
CALIFORNIA
Democrats _ Bass, N; Becerra, N; Bera, N; Brownley, N; Capps, N; Cardenas, N; Chu, N; Costa, N; Davis, X; Eshoo, N; Farr, N; Garamendi, X; Hahn, N; Honda, N; Huffman, N; Lee, N; Lofgren, N; Lowenthal, N; Matsui, N; McNerney, N; Miller, George, N; Napolitano, N; Negrete McLeod, N; Pelosi, N; Peters, N; Roybal-Allard, N; Ruiz, X; Sanchez, Linda T., X; Sanchez, Loretta, N; Schiff, N; Sherman, N; Speier, X; Swalwell, N; Takano, N; Thompson, N; Vargas, N; Waters, N; Waxman, N.
Republicans _ Calvert, Y; Campbell, X; Cook, Y; Denham, Y; Hunter, Y; Issa, Y; LaMalfa, Y; McCarthy, Y; McClintock, Y; McKeon, Y; Miller, Gary, X; Nunes, Y; Rohrabacher, Y; Royce, Y; Valadao, Y.
COLORADO
Democrats _ DeGette, N; Perlmutter, N; Polis, N.
Republicans _ Coffman, Y; Gardner, Y; Lamborn, Y; Tipton, Y.
CONNECTICUT
Democrats _ Courtney, N; DeLauro, N; Esty, N; Himes, N; Larson, N.
DELAWARE
Democrats _ Carney, N.
FLORIDA
Democrats _ Brown, N; Castor, N; Deutch, N; Frankel, N; Garcia, N; Grayson, X; Hastings, N; Murphy, N; Wasserman Schultz, N; Wilson, N.
Republicans _ Bilirakis, Y; Buchanan, Y; Clawson, Y; Crenshaw, Y; DeSantis, Y; Diaz-Balart, Y; Jolly, Y; Mica, Y; Miller, Y; Nugent, Y; Posey, Y; Rooney, Y; Ros-Lehtinen, Y; Ross, Y; Southerland, Y; Webster, Y; Yoho, Y.
GEORGIA
Democrats _ Barrow, N; Bishop, N; Johnson, N; Lewis, N; Scott, David, N.
Republicans _ Broun, N; Collins, Y; Gingrey, Y; Graves, Y; Kingston, Y; Price, Y; Scott, Austin, Y; Westmoreland, Y; Woodall, Y.
HAWAII
Democrats _ Gabbard, N; Hanabusa, X.
IDAHO
Republicans _ Labrador, Y; Simpson, Y.
ILLINOIS
Democrats _ Bustos, N; Davis, Danny, N; Duckworth, N; Enyart, N; Foster, N; Gutierrez, N; Kelly, N; Lipinski, N; Quigley, N; Rush, X; Schakowsky, N; Schneider, N.
Republicans _ Davis, Rodney, Y; Hultgren, Y; Kinzinger, Y; Roskam, Y; Schock, X; Shimkus, Y.
INDIANA
Democrats _ Carson, N; Visclosky, N.
Republicans _ Brooks, Y; Bucshon, Y; Messer, Y; Rokita, Y; Stutzman, Y; Walorski, Y; Young, Y.
IOWA
Democrats _ Braley, N; Loebsack, N.
Republicans _ King, Y; Latham, Y.
KANSAS
Republicans _ Huelskamp, Y; Jenkins, Y; Pompeo, Y; Yoder, Y.
KENTUCKY
Democrats _ Yarmuth, N.
Republicans _ Barr, Y; Guthrie, Y; Massie, N; Rogers, Y; Whitfield, Y.
LOUISIANA
Democrats _ Richmond, N.
Republicans _ Boustany, Y; Cassidy, Y; Fleming, Y; McAllister, Y; Scalise, Y.
MAINE
Democrats _ Michaud, N; Pingree, N.
MARYLAND
Democrats _ Cummings, N; Delaney, N; Edwards, N; Hoyer, N; Ruppersberger, N; Sarbanes, N; Van Hollen, N.
Republicans _ Harris, Y.
MASSACHUSETTS
Democrats _ Capuano, N; Clark, N; Keating, N; Kennedy, N; Lynch, N; McGovern, N; Neal, N; Tierney, N; Tsongas, N.
MICHIGAN
Democrats _ Conyers, N; Dingell, N; Kildee, N; Levin, N; Peters, N.
Republicans _ Amash, Y; Benishek, Y; Bentivolio, Y; Camp, X; Huizenga, Y; Miller, Y; Rogers, Y; Upton, Y; Walberg, Y.
MINNESOTA
Democrats _ Ellison, X; McCollum, N; Nolan, N; Peterson, N; Walz, N.
Republicans _ Bachmann, Y; Kline, Y; Paulsen, Y.
MISSISSIPPI
Democrats _ Thompson, N.
Republicans _ Harper, Y; Nunnelee, X; Palazzo, Y.
MISSOURI
Democrats _ Clay, N; Cleaver, N.
Republicans _ Graves, Y; Hartzler, Y; Long, Y; Luetkemeyer, Y; Smith, Y; Wagner, Y.
MONTANA
Republicans _ Daines, Y.
NEBRASKA
Republicans _ Fortenberry, Y; Smith, Y; Terry, Y.
NEVADA
Democrats _ Horsford, N; Titus, N.
Republicans _ Amodei, Y; Heck, Y.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Democrats _ Kuster, N; Shea-Porter, N.
NEW JERSEY
Democrats _ Holt, N; Pallone, N; Pascrell, N; Payne, N; Sires, N.
Republicans _ Frelinghuysen, Y; Garrett, Y; Lance, Y; LoBiondo, Y; Runyan, Y; Smith, Y.
NEW MEXICO
Democrats _ Lujan Grisham, N; Lujan, Ben Ray, N.
Republicans _ Pearce, Y.
NEW YORK
Democrats _ Bishop, N; Clarke, N; Crowley, N; Engel, N; Higgins, N; Israel, N; Jeffries, N; Lowey, N; Maffei, N; Maloney, Carolyn, N; Maloney, Sean, N; McCarthy, N; Meeks, N; Meng, N; Nadler, N; Owens, N; Rangel, N; Serrano, N; Slaughter, N; Tonko, N; Velazquez, N.
Republicans _ Collins, Y; Gibson, Y; Grimm, Y; Hanna, Y; King, Y; Reed, Y.
NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats _ Butterfield, N; McIntyre, N; Price, N.
Republicans _ Coble, Y; Ellmers, Y; Foxx, Y; Holding, Y; Hudson, Y; Jones, N; McHenry, Y; Meadows, Y; Pittenger, Y.
NORTH DAKOTA
Republicans _ Cramer, Y.
OHIO
Democrats _ Beatty, N; Fudge, N; Kaptur, N; Ryan, N.
Republicans _ Boehner, X (the speaker by tradition often does not vote); Chabot, Y; Gibbs, Y; Johnson, Y; Jordan, Y; Joyce, Y; Latta, Y; Renacci, Y; Stivers, Y; Tiberi, Y; Turner, Y; Wenstrup, Y.
OKLAHOMA
Republicans _ Bridenstine, Y; Cole, Y; Lankford, Y; Lucas, Y; Mullin, Y.
OREGON
Democrats _ Blumenauer, X; Bonamici, N; DeFazio, N; Schrader, N.
Republicans _ Walden, Y.
PENNSYLVANIA
Democrats _ Brady, N; Cartwright, N; Doyle, N; Fattah, X; Schwartz, N.
Republicans _ Barletta, Y; Dent, Y; Fitzpatrick, Y; Gerlach, Y; Kelly, Y; Marino, Y; Meehan, Y; Murphy, Y; Perry, Y; Pitts, Y; Rothfus, Y; Shuster, Y; Thompson, Y.
RHODE ISLAND
Democrats _ Cicilline, N; Langevin, N.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Democrats _ Clyburn, N.
Republicans _ Duncan, Y; Gowdy, Y; Mulvaney, Y; Rice, Y; Sanford, Y; Wilson, Y.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Republicans _ Noem, Y.
TENNESSEE
Democrats _ Cohen, N; Cooper, N.
Republicans _ Black, Y; Blackburn, Y; DesJarlais, X; Duncan, Y; Fincher, N; Fleischmann, Y; Roe, Y.
TEXAS
Democrats _ Castro, N; Cuellar, Y; Doggett, N; Gallego, N; Green, Al, N; Green, Gene, X; Hinojosa, N; Jackson Lee, N; Johnson, E. B., N; O'Rourke, N; Veasey, N; Vela, N.
Republicans _ Barton, Y; Brady, Y; Burgess, Y; Carter, Y; Conaway, Y; Culberson, Y; Farenthold, Y; Flores, Y; Gohmert, Y; Granger, Y; Hall, Y; Hensarling, Y; Johnson, Sam, Y; Marchant, Y; McCaul, Y; Neugebauer, Y; Olson, Y; Poe, Y; Sessions, Y; Smith, Y; Stockman, Y; Thornberry, Y; Weber, Y; Williams, Y.
UTAH
Democrats _ Matheson, N.
Republicans _ Bishop, Y; Chaffetz, Y; Stewart, Y.
VERMONT
Democrats _ Welch, N.
VIRGINIA
Democrats _ Connolly, N; Moran, N; Scott, N.
Republicans _ Cantor, X; Forbes, Y; Goodlatte, Y; Griffith, Y; Hurt, Y; Rigell, Y; Wittman, Y; Wolf, Y.
WASHINGTON
Democrats _ DelBene, N; Heck, N; Kilmer, N; Larsen, N; McDermott, X; Smith, N.
Republicans _ Hastings, Y; Herrera Beutler, Y; McMorris Rodgers, Y; Reichert, Y.
WEST VIRGINIA
Democrats _ Rahall, N.
Republicans _ Capito, Y; McKinley, Y.
WISCONSIN
Democrats _ Kind, N; Moore, N; Pocan, N.
Republicans _ Duffy, Y; Petri, Y; Ribble, Y; Ryan, Y; Sensenbrenner, Y.
WYOMING
Republicans _ Lummis, Y.
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