{"id":1954863,"date":"2023-06-22T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-denouncing-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T22:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T02:08:34","slug":"house-passes-resolution-denouncing-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-denouncing-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"House condemns housing undocumented immigrants in public schools."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-resolution-denouncing-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-public-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0623\/e517e603-bcef-4273-9da6-59f55e2c1267\/audio.mp3?length=4074381&#038;duration=340\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. House of Representatives passed a nonbinding resolution on June 22 that denounces the government taking control of spaces in public elementary and secondary schools to house illegal immigrants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illegal immigration is one of the most contentious issues separating Democrats and Republicans, and the vote approving the resolution was strictly along party lines, with 219 Republicans voting yes, and 206 Democrats voting no. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lower chamber of Congress took up discussion of the act following its debate, which lasted for about an hour and 15 minutes, of Rep. Lauren Boebert\u2019s (R-Colo.) controversial resolution to impeach President Biden, an action that was opposed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans. The impeachment resolution was ultimately sent to two committees, which delayed a vote on the measure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) authored the resolution titled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miller-Meeks and Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) introduced the bill on June 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago, which have opened their arms and embraced illegal immigrants\u2014and which are now in crisis mode, with support resources dwindling and the challenges of feeding, housing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-w-bush-releases-statement-on-afghanistan-calling-on-u-s-to-accept-refugees\/\" title=\"George W. Bush Releases Statement On Afghanistan Calling On U.S. To Accept Refugees\">providing medical care<\/a>, and other services rapidly rising\u2013have proposed requisitioning schools to house the migrants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this spring, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city was preparing to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> house immigrants in as many as 20 stand-alone gyms on the campuses of public schools in the city. The plan ran up against fervent and stalwart opposition and not all from Republican lawmakers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in mid-May, when the city made the decision to start moving illegal immigrants into the stand-alone gyms of several public schools in the borough of Brooklyn, whose students were largely from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-commerce-secretary-is-a-former-venture-capitalist-but-some-gopers-warn-shell-be-soft-on-china\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Is A Former Venture Capitalist, But Some GOPers Warn She\u2019ll Be \u2018Soft On China\u2019\">working-class families<\/a> of color, parents of the students firmly protested. Parents showed up at the schools and cried foul that their kids would not have access to vital exercise space and would also have their safety jeopardized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeling the pressure, the city backed down and abandoned the initiative. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Sending a Message and Stating a Position<\/h2>\n<p>Being nonbinding, the resolution is mostly a political statement. It wields little to no direct bite or power <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to halt or block the government from using schools as residences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, yet, the GOP asserts there is significant value in making the statement and publicizing what it says is a disastrous Biden administration border policy, the negative consequences of which include putting young people at risk and depriving them of needed learning and educational opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Fox (R-N.C.), who started the discussion and debate on the resolution on the House floor on June 22, directly addressed the legislative and procedural nature of the act, calling it a \u201ccrystal clear rebuke of the chaos at the border,\u201d and \u201cwe\u2019re voting on a resolution today to condemn the threat posed to children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fox added: \u201cOur resolution condemns the breakdown of law and order at the southern border. It condemns the lawlessness perpetuated by blue cities and states like New York.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) declared that the resolution was another Republican political ploy, grandstanding, and not confronting and dealing with the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolution-denouncing-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-public-schools\/\" title=\"House condemns housing undocumented immigrants in public schools.\">urgent problems facing school children<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3692686\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/02\/10\/Bobby-Scott-1227830184--1200x778.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tRep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2020. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLike clockwork, we are here, yet again, taking up another proposal that, among other things, reports to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-school-official-aware-that-6-year-old-may-have-been-armed-before-teacher-was-shot-superintendent-says\/\" title=\"Virginia School Official Aware That 6-Year-Old May Have Been Armed Before Teacher Was Shot, Superintendent Says\">improve school safety<\/a> but does nothing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-pushes-back-against-democrat-led-gun-control-efforts\/\" title=\"GOP pushes back against Democrat-led gun control efforts\">address gun violence<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 22 denouncing the government&#8217;s control of public schools for housing illegal immigrants. 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