U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, said today that he will introduce a bill that will give municipalities and states a say in whether the federal government can house immigrant children in their communities through programs that have brought at least 456 young people to five centers in Pennsylvania and four teenagers to the Hazleton Area School District.
As upwards of 60,000 children and teenagers streamed across the southern border this year.
(The bill is called the Unaccompanied Alien Children Transparency Act. that Barletta said he will introduce next week would require The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would be required to disclose to states and localities any contracts which would bring immigrant children to their communities. the children must also have health screenings and vaccinations.) For more information visit:
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