What Should be Done About Child Migrants?
What is behind the spike in unaccompanied children crossing the border?
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Despite their differences on almost everything else, President Barack Obama and Texas Governor Rick Perry agree that the unlawful migration of more than 50,000 Central American children to the United States is a humanitarian crisis. Some members of Congress and U.S. military leaders label it a security crisis. Whatever it’s called, it is an emergency that requires immediate attention. But the United States and the Central American countries that the children are fleeing have to address the violence and chaos they seek to escape if this wave isn’t to be followed by another one all too soon. That message is contained in the Obama administration’s urgent request to Congress for $3.7 billion to deal with this emergency, though it doesn’t say what the underlying causes are or include more than a sliver of resources to address them.
What is behind the spike in unaccompanied children crossing the border?
More than 52,000 Central American children, passing through Mexico, have sought entry into the US.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of unaccompanied migrant children from Central America attempting to enter the US.