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.
Many people don't want illegal immigrants coming into the United States, which makes you wonder, why not? Citizens in Murrieta, California, claim it's because they don't want their tax money going to help illegal immigrants, while others say America doesn't have the resources to care for these children. Currently Obama wants 3.7 billion dollars to give these children proper holding facilities, while many people argue the money could be used for other problems.
When Reyna traveled to the US and was caught, she was sent straight back to Mexico, which was handled differently than it would of been today. However, Reyna had similar motives towards moving to the US, as the families do today. Better opportunities, less violence, and economic opportunities are only several of the reasons, which drives people to try and come to the US illegally.
People are proposing ideas which could solve the "Humanitarian Crisis", which includes the border patrol making faster decisions on who stays and who goes home. Some would go as fas as saying these children don't even deserve a fair hearing. A few people say it's simple: they broke the law, so why should we help them? Others think that's the least we can do, being America, who supposedly accepts all. As the crisis continues to grow, the amount of people coming will continue to rise, until the problem is resolved.
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