CENTRAL AMERICA

Articles and editorials

Robert E. White, 1926-2015, S819 [5FE]

Robert E. White, Who Criticized Policy on El Salvador as U.S. Ambassador, Dies At 88, S819 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions

Foreign aid: reduce foreign assistance to Mexico and certain Central American countries based on the number of unaccompanied alien children who are placed in Federal custody due to their immigration status (see H.R. 530), H581 [26JA]

——— suspend foreign assistance to Mexico and certain Central American countries until sufficient action is taken to mitigate unlawful migration by their citizens (see H.R. 439), H479 [21JA]

Immigration: expedite processing of unaccompanied alien children illegally entering the U.S. (see S. 44), S57 [7JA]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1498 [27FE]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 1149), H1498 [27FE]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 29), H36 [6JA]

——— provide for appointment of additional immigration judges (see H.R. 77), H38 [6JA]

——— require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 2491), H3557 [21MY]

Seventh Summit of the Americas: support (see H. Res. 160), H1803 [19MR]

Excerpts

‘‘Adversity Is My Angel,’’ Raul H. Castro, H2482 [28AP]

Letters

Corruption of Honduran government: Citizen Movement (organization), E1586 [4NO]

Remarks in House

Corps of Engineers: anniversary of Mobile, AL, District, E738 [18MY]

Cuba: increase of illegal Cuban immigrants coming into U.S. through Mexico since U.S. establishment of diplomatic relations, H8285 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and Joint Interagency Task Force South funding to combat drug trafficking and terrorism in the Western Hemisphere, H3176 [14MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Deferred Action for Parental Accountability program implementation, H3320, H3321 [19MY], H7266 [28OC]

——— failure to enforce laws relative to immigration and aliens not lawfully present in the U.S., H2302–H2304 [16AP]

——— increase State and major urban area fusion centers funding and prohibit limitations on funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H391, H392 [14JA]

El Salvador: anniversary of kidnapping and murder of Catholic missionaries, H8867 [2DE]

Foreign policy: funding to address factors driving migration of citizens from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to the U.S., E1166 [29JY]

Guatemala: political reform, E1166 [29JY]

Honduras: political reform, H6263 [28SE], E1585 [4NO]

——— Washington Office on Latin America (organization) delegation trip to address factors driving migration of citizens, H6263 [28SE]

——— Washington Office on Latin America (organization) proposal for an international commission to investigate corruption and impunity in Honduran government, H7395 [3NO]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (H.R. 1153), H9061 [8DE]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 29), H95 [7JA]

——— provide for appointment of additional immigration judges, H3670 [2JN]

Paso Pacífico (organization): anniversary, E1483 [20OC]

Trump, Donald: characterization of remarks relative to immigration and deportation, H7193 [27OC]

Remarks in Senate

Arkansas: tribute to electric cooperative employees for efforts in rural electrification project in Guatemala, S4342 [22JN], S4543 [23JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Parental Accountability program, S8028 [17NO], S8150 [19NO]

Guatemala: U.S. policy, S5203 [21JY]

Honduras: efforts to preserve La Cuidad Blanca archaeological site in La Mosquitia region, S1582 [17MR]

——— political reform, S2095 [13AP]

Immigration: address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., S893 [10FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to deter migration of unaccompanied alien children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to the U.S., S2007 [26MR]

——— expedite processing of unaccompanied alien children illegally entering the U.S., S2235 [16AP]

——— extend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for those individuals who qualify under the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S7854 [9NO]

——— provide for enhanced protections of unaccompanied alien children illegally entering the U.S., S8122 [19NO]

——— treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S., S8123 [19NO], S8201 [1DE]

OAS: support revitalization, S1489 [12MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of foreign policy, S7198–S7200 [7OC]