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Vice President Joe Biden today encouraged a legal group to represent kids at the border who are seeking refugee status:
VP Biden tells legal services group that "trained lawyers" are needed for the border crossing children seeking refugee status to stay in US.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 6, 2014
Naturally Biden felt compelled to use technical lingo:
"This is really hard stuff," Biden said of how to handle surge in illegal border crossings of kids and adults from Central America.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 6, 2014
“Really hard stuff.” Like geography.
"A lot of kids need help and need representation," said VP Biden about lawyers for CentAm kids seeking refuge in US. pic.twitter.com/42a6TKYQYm
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 6, 2014
Biden concedes there aren't enough lawyers to help 60,000 kids, "but that’s not an excuse not to do what we can."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 6, 2014
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The veep told lawyers what it would mean to them:
Biden says helping one kid will give lawyers "greater satisfaction than winning the biggest case you have for a major corporate client.”
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 6, 2014
But apparently “greater satisfaction than winning the biggest case you have for a major corporate client” still isn’t the “perfect solution” for lawyers:
"I wish I had a a more perfect solution for you," says Biden asking lawyers to represent kids seeking refugee status. pic.twitter.com/3ebbPKOtv6
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 6, 2014
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