President Obama says tens of thousands of Central American children flooding into the U.S. along the southern border have created a “humanitarian crisis,” and he appealed directly to parents to stop sending kids north.
“Our message absolutely is don't send your children unaccompanied, on trains or through a bunch of smugglers,” Obama told ABC’s Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview here. “We don't even know how many of these kids don't make it, and may have been waylaid into sex trafficking or killed because they fell off a train.
“Do not send your children to the borders,” he said. “If they do make it, they'll get sent back. More importantly, they may not make it.”
i get that the parents just want a better future for their kids, but seriously? they should at least accompany them or find another country that isn't so damn far. I hear Brazil is nice.
I actually agree with him. It is very dangerous. Both of my parents illegally crossed the border in the 1980s (due to the Iran Contra affair).
They met here in the US, my mom crossed at the age of 11 and my dad at 15. Of what they have told me (and they still haven't told me everything because the journey is quite brutal), many people don't make it.
