Immigration Newsletter – August 2014
Executive Decision
It has been more than a decade and no comprehensive immigration reform has passed. Congress has adjourned for the summer without passing the President’s requested budget bill to aid with the influx of young Central American children entering the country. Governor Rick Perry has called up about 1,000 Texas national guards to protect the Texas southern border. The Border Patrol and immigration enforcement agencies are overwhelmed with its enforcement tasks and the limited resources in housing the detained immigrants, especially children. Worst, immigration courts, already overstretched, are now required to give priority to Central American children who were detained while postponing other undocumented immigrants’ hearings years into the future. Sadly, there is no end in sight as the influx of the Central American children and other undocumented immigrants will continue as the violence and desperation in their home countries persist.
