Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Many youths make their way to the bay area. Today president obama met with the president s of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to talk about a humanitarian crisis. Since october, nearly 60,000 miners from that region have entered the u. S. Some were seeking refuge from violence and poverty. Scott shafer spoke with state Senate Darrell steinberg and justrg returned this week. Senator steinberg, good to have you with us, welcome. Good to be with you, scott. You spent nine days with colleagues. What did you learn that you didnt already know . I think i learned a great deal, but mostly reenforced what i already believed which is that there are really two issues here. One is how do we help the kids who have made this paraous journey who are seeking asylum because of gangs and risk of violence, how do we make sure we protect the children . Thats one. Number two, the trip reinforced my belief that the longterm solution to this crisis i
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Many youths make their way to the bay area. Today president obama met with the president s of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to talk about a humanitarian crisis. Since october, nearly 60,000 miners from that region have entered the u. S. Some were seeking refuge from violence and poverty. Scott shafer spoke with state Senate Darrell steinberg and just returned this week. Senator steinberg, good to have you with us, welcome. Good to be with you, scott. You spent nine days with colleagues. What did you learn that you didnt already know . I think i learned a great deal, but mostly reenforced what i already believed which is that there are really two issues here. One is how do we help the kids who have made this paraous journey who are seeking asylum because of gangs and risk of violence, how do we make sure we protect the children . Thats one. Number two, the trip reinforced my belief that the longterm solution to this crisis is
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Many youths make their way to the bay area. Today president obama met with the president s of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to talk about a humanitarian crisis. Since october, nearly 60,000 miners from that region have entered the u. S. Some were seeking refuge from violence and poverty. Scott shafer spoke with state Senate Darrell steinberg and just returned this week. Senator steinberg, good to have you with us, welcome. Good to be with you, scott. You spent nine days with colleagues. What did you learn that you didnt already know . I think i learned a great deal, but mostly reenforced what i already believed which is that there are really two issues here. One is how do we help the kids who have made this paraous journey who are seeking asylum because of gangs and risk of violence, how do we make sure we protect the children . Thats one. Number two, the trip reinforced my belief that the longterm solution to this crisis is
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Many youths make their way to the bay area. Today president obama met with the president s of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to talk about a humanitarian crisis. Since october, nearly 60,000 miners from that region have entered the u. S. Some were seeking refuge from violence and poverty. Scott shafer spoke with state Senate Darrell steinberg and just returned this week. Senator steinberg, good to have you with us, welcome. Good to be with you, scott. You spent nine days with colleagues. What did you learn that you didnt already know . I think i learned a great deal, but mostly reenforced what i already believed which is that there are really two issues here. One is how do we help the kids who have made this paraous journey who are seeking asylum because of gangs and risk of violence, how do we make sure we protect the children . Thats one. Number two, the trip reinforced my belief that the longterm solution to this crisis is
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Many youths make their way to the bay area. Today president obama met with the president s of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to talk about a humanitarian crisis. Since october, nearly 60,000 miners from that region have entered the u. S. Some were seeking refuge from violence and poverty. Scott shafer spoke with state Senate Darrell steinberg and just returned this week. Senator steinberg, good to have you with us, welcome. Good to be with you, scott. You spent nine days with colleagues. What did you learn that you didnt already know . I think i learned a great deal, but mostly reenforced what i already believed which is that there are really two issues here. One is how do we help the kids who have made this paraous journey who are seeking asylum because of gangs and risk of violence, how do we make sure we protect the children . Thats one. Number two, the trip reinforced my belief that the longterm solution to this crisis is