http://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-immigration-now-i-get-it-061118699.html
"Immigration has always been a contentious issue in the United States." -Katie Couric. Not only has it been a continuous issue, but is in full swing today. Not only are those opposed to the thought of illegal immigrants protesting, but it has reached the point that they turned around three buses last week filled with immigrants caught, on their way to a holding facility. Over 52,000 children have been caught crossing the border over the past nine months, which brings up the question of why? With the rising numbers of kids coming to the US, holding facilities are quickly filling up, putting a burden on the United States to find shelter for the families while they wait their hearing.
As explained previously, President Bush created a law in 2008, which protects children from noncontiguous states from human trafficking. Recently, with rising violence in countries such as El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, taking advantage of the 2008 law seems like their only option. The amount of children crossing the border from 2011 to the present day has increased by almost 900%. Wanting to take part in the process, criminals have made a business out of smuggling children into the United States illegally.
