07-28-2014, 05:41 PM
President Obama has called the surge an “urgent humanitarian situation,” and lawmakers have called for hearings on the crisis.
Q. Where are the children going?
Q. What is being done to address the problem?
Mr. Obama urged Congress on July 8 to authorize $3.7 billion in emergency funds to bolster border security, hasten deportations and deal with the humanitarian crisis in Central America. Congressional Republicans pushed back, saying that the border crisis is a result of Mr. Obama’s policy problems and lax enforcement at the border. Republican lawmakers are pushing to amend the 2008 law, which currently makes it difficult to return the children quickly to their home countries.
Find out the answers here:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/...-kids.html
Q. Where are the children going?
Q. What is being done to address the problem?
Mr. Obama urged Congress on July 8 to authorize $3.7 billion in emergency funds to bolster border security, hasten deportations and deal with the humanitarian crisis in Central America. Congressional Republicans pushed back, saying that the border crisis is a result of Mr. Obama’s policy problems and lax enforcement at the border. Republican lawmakers are pushing to amend the 2008 law, which currently makes it difficult to return the children quickly to their home countries.
Find out the answers here:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/...-kids.html