Sr. Kristin Peters of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration traveled to Arizona, where she ministered with Casa Alitas, the Kino Border Initiative and the Tucson Samaritans, who help migrants .
know, a centimeter could pass between one country and the other, if that had been dealt with, if the house had acted at all on immigration reform, then, under immigration reform, the salvadorans who have been here for 10 and 15 years contributing the sweat of their brow to this economy under tps, temporary protective services, would have been able to be united with their children. so it s directly because of immigration reform and the lack in the house of representatives to deal with it. but to put on their pantalones and deal with an issue that now we re seeing. who is to blame? i think all of us. and certainly not just central america. i couldn t agree with you more. congressional gridlock has allowed this problem to go on and on. and it s stymied solutions coming to the floor. going back to the human stakes of this, stephanie gosk joins us by phone. she s in guatemala. you have some first hand accounts of exactly that. i think when you look at this