Rep. Linda Sanchez: Illegal Immigrant Children Are Not Receiving ‘Due Process’

‘We are arguing that this is a refugee issue and that children are not getting proper representation and therefore they are not getting the due process that is afforded to them under our laws’

Rep. Sanchez: Illegal Immigrant Children Are ‘Refugees’ Who Are Not Receiving ‘Due Process’ (CNS News)

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) backed away from arguing that the federal government should not enforce the nation’s immigration laws, instead calling illegal immigrant children “refugees” who are “not getting the due process that is afforded to them under our laws.”

Sanchez, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, made the statement after CNSNews.com asked her: “If deporting illegal immigrants is wrong, what kind of federal immigration laws should be observed?” following a press briefing Wednesday on Capitol Hill.

“We are not arguing against enforcing immigration law. We are arguing that this is a refugee issue and that children are not getting proper representation and therefore they are not getting the due process that is afforded to them under our laws,” Sanchez replied.

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