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Set to be introduced by Cruz in the Senate this week, the Protect Kids and Parents Act would aim to do the following:ĭouble the number of federal immigration judges, from roughly 375 to 750.Īuthorize new temporary shelters, with accommodations to keep families together. ’s Allahpundit wrote that introducing the bill could be a function of “electoral terror, plain and simple.” What Cruz’s bill aims to do on family separation Notably, Cruz is facing a strong Democratic challenger this fall in Beto O’Rourke, who has been running as a champion of immigrant communities in the state. What all the media attention on separation of families is really saying, is don’t incarcerate those who come here illegally.”Ĭruz is taking a step Republicans may be coming around to: The Trump administration policy’s of family separation is attracting horrific press - especially in border states like Texas.

And if you’re the only caregiver, your children have to find alternative caregivers - whether family members, friends or foster care. citizen, if you commit a crime and get arrested, you’re separated from your kids. This represents a reversal from just a few days ago, when Cruz defended the policy to a local Texas news outlet: “As a U.S. This must stop,” Cruz said in a statement. “All Americans are rightly horrified by the images we are seeing on the news, children in tears pulled away from their mothers and fathers. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced Monday evening that he was introducing emergency legislation to immediately end the practice of family separation and speed up the review of asylum cases in an attempt to stem the tide of fury aimed at Republicans and the Trump administration. Beto O'Rourke of El Paso, spent part of the weekend demonstrating near a tent city in Tornillo, outside of El Paso.Sen.

House Republicans are currently reworking a compromise immigration bill that would modify - but not end - the "zero tolerance" policy, NPR reported Monday.Ĭruz's Democratic rival in his fall re-election bid, U.S. "To the greatest extent possible, families presenting at ports of entry or apprehended crossing the border illegally will be kept together while waiting for their court hearings, which will be expedited.”Ĭruz and Cornyn are part of a growing number of Republican federal lawmakers who are pushing back against the Trump Administration's recently implemented "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which has so far led to the separation of about 2,000 children from their parents at the border. "It will include provisions that mitigate the problem of family separation while improving the immigration court process for unaccompanied children and families apprehended at the border," he said. John Cornyn, Texas' senior senator and the second-ranking Senate Republican, said on the chamber floor earlier Monday that he, too, would introduce legislation on this front.