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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 29, 2014

House Republicans unveiled a scaled down bill Tuesday to address the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending in National Guard troops and speeding migrant youths back home, the Associated Press reports. The bill would cost $659 million through the final two months of this fiscal year, less than the $3.7 billion requested by President Barack Obama. The measure also includes policy changes that would allow unaccompanied youths who have been arriving at the U.S. border to be sent back home without judicial hearings. House leaders predicted the bill would be on the floor on Thursday. If it does pass the House, the bill is certain to be rejected by the Democratic-run Senate, which was set to take a procedural vote on its own border package Wednesday. WRCB TV has the AP story.