Obama opens door for Central American children to legally come to U.S.

The Washington Times – Stephen Dinan

The Obama administration quietly announced a program late last week to create a legal channel for thousands of Central American children to come to the U.S., a move designed to prevent a repeat of this summer’s illegal immigrant surge but which Republicans said amounted to “border sabotage.”

Coupled with President Obama’s expected action in the next few weeks granting tentative legal status to illegal immigrants already in the U.S., the policy could open the door to illegal immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala petitioning to have their children still in their home countries join them in the U.S. as refugees.

“The president cannot continue to claim he cares about border security when he only has an appetite for border sabotage,” said Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican.

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