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Santa Clara County seeks to welcome migrant kids flooding Texas border
By Eric Kurhi

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POSTED: 07/16/2014 04:00:26 PM PDT4 COMMENTS| UPDATED: 50 MIN. AGO

SAN JOSE -- While some southwestern communities have seen flag-waving residents come out en masse to protest undocumented immigrant children being placed in their towns, Santa Clara County officials are looking at ways they can help what they call a humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border.

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, approached the Santa Clara County board of supervisors last week after returning from a border holding facility for the minors, who made the trip without their parents in an effort to escape strife in their homeland.

"There were hundreds of children, unaccompanied and completely by themselves," Lofgren said. "They were sleeping on cement floors, dozens of little girls sharing one toilet, with no privacy."

She said the kids, some as young as 5, were supposed to be removed to other facilities with in three days but there's no place for them to go. She urged the county to look into what can be done at a local level to give the kids a humane place to stay while they wait for a court date, at which time it is decided whether they can stay in the United States.

The proposal was warmly received by supervisors Dave Cortese and Cindy Chavez.

"We want to make it clear that we have a history in this county of welcoming children and families who are escapees in an immigrant refugee situation," Cortese said on Wednesday. "We want to uphold that legacy."

On Wednesday, Lofgren, Cortese and Chavez put out a joint statement along with Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and San Jose City Councilman Sam Liccardo urging "communities in the Bay Area, throughout the State of California, and across the nation to join us to make good on America's promise of fairness and due process."

It's good to see someone's sense of humanity is still functioning, since the GOP's atrophied long ago.

Let 'Em In

Senate Bill to Nullify Hobby Lobby Decision Fails: Legislation Falls Four Votes Short of 60

In a 56-43 vote, which was largely along party lines, Democrats came up short of the 60 votes needed to advance their legislation. It sought to prevent companies from relying on a religious-freedom law to avoid complying with the Affordable Care Act's requirement to cover all forms of contraception approved by the government without charging workers a copayment.

Liberals Throw Tantrum Over Loss of Free Stuff

Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would have undone the Hobby Lobby ruling and forced businesses to provide free abortificant drugs to female employees.

And the lefties threw epic hissy-fits when denied their Free Stuff From the Government; like two year olds in the toy aisle at Wal-Mart, but with less dignity and more f-words.

Why should anyone be forced to pay for someone else’s contraceptives? Because things liberals want (free contraception, marijuana) become mandatory Government entitlements. Things liberals hate (guns, tobacco) become illegal. That’s the way it works in a Democracy. There are no “rights,” just opinions enforced by power.

Religion should not intrude into people's health insurance/benefit issues.

If they discharge him then he is no longer subject to military justice

Court-martial jurisdiction is most commonly exercised over active duty personnel. All active duty personnel are subject to the UCMJ and amenable to court-marital jurisdiction throughout their period of active service. Status as an active-duty service member, and hence court-martial jurisdiction over such persons, ordinarily begins with enlistment or commissioning and terminates with the delivery of a valid discharge certificate or separation order.

This case has nothing to do with Hobby Lobby, it was decided several months before the announcement of the HL decision. Why are you stating lies and pushing blame where it doesn't belong? One was a decision by the Dept of Education and the other was by the Supreme Court. Maybe you should address your anger at Obama and his DOE for this one.