What effect will the recent influx of immigrants have on our court system?
With large numbers of undocumented children coming to the U.S.-Mexico border and a serious bottleneck tamping down Texas courts, we need to start talking about how to address legal issues associated with immigrants, especially undocumented, displaced minors.
In our highly divisive political climate, everyone has an opinion on how the immigration issue should be handled but there’s one thing most U.S. citizens agree on: We need to take a humanitarian approach to helping the children who often get stuck in the middle.
What’s holding us back from resolving this issue? Lack of communication due to the politicization of immigration in the U.S. The first step toward a resolution is a willingness on both sides—left and right—to get this conversation started, along with a cold, hard look at the facts.