The flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is creating a political and humanitarian problem. How should Americans respond?<\/p>\n
The recent influx of unlawful child immigrants may have begun after the White House confirmed its support for a policy allowing children brought illegally to the United States (by their undocumented parents) to remain in the country without fearing deportation. <\/p>\n
Congress is hoping the issue might go away on its own, but they cannot really expect it to fade into oblivion or solve itself. Something must be done, but no one seems to know what to do — or how to do it.<\/p>\n
Children have, of course, arrived at the borders on their own before, but the issue has become pressing through sheer numbers: an expected 60,000 people under the age of 17 will arrive at this border within the year. Some come to join family members already in the country. Some (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is creating a political and humanitarian problem. How should Americans respond? The recent influx of unlawful child immigrants may have begun after the White House confirmed its support for a policy allowing…<\/span><\/p>\n