period of time. you have horrific and unspeakable violence going on in honduras and guatemala, where 11-year-olds are fleeing, threatened with being killed and raped. what you need is comprehensive solution that deals with it as a humanitarian crisis. what you don't need is ad homonym attacks like ted cruz is launching instead of actual political solutions. obama administration treated this more as humanitarian crisis but at least put a solution on the table that increases border security, and increases adjudicating these cases at border. patti ann: katie, enearlier than tha in early 2012 texas governor rick perry wrote a letter to president obama, citing 90% increase in unaccompanied minors in central america and urging, quote, immediate action because every child allowed to stay encourages hundreds more to attempt the journey. that is rick perry in april 2012. politics involved here?