[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DECENCY AND HUMANITY

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Madam Speaker, this week, even as the House is approving 
seven different bills to fight the scourge of child sex trafficking, 
the cry to strip rights and protections from some children persists.
  Indeed, at the very same time that our Republican colleagues were 
speaking here on the floor about doing whatever it takes to protect 
vulnerable children, they were demanding that immigrant children be 
sent back immediately.
  The support for exploited children which existed across this aisle 
must extend to children who were born on both sides of the border.
  Sadly, fear and hysteria are creating a steady drumbeat to remove 
legal protections against trafficking for children who are simply 
seeking refuge here. Exploited children should not be politically 
exploited.
  No, we cannot accept every one of them. We are not asking for 
amnesty, but how about a little human decency, a little humanity?
  How about just following existing law and supplying the resources to 
see that it is effectively implemented?

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