Did everything exactly the way you were supposed to do it. And this debate largely driven by the most sympathetic of all those groups, and that group of people who came here, who were brought here by someone else, often their own parents, who were brought here by someone else, who entered the country illegally but have grown up in america. Now, my First Response to that and i think the response of most americans when theyve thought about that is kids who grew up here, kids who went to school here, kids who havent gotten in bad trouble while they were here, kids who have no real memory or connection with the country that they were brought from, of course we want them to stay. Of course we want them to be part of our economy. Of course we want them to be part of a vital and because they are who they are an, an even younger society, then we would be without them, why would we want that to happen. So we have two issues here. The idea of people who are raised here who have done everything t
At the same time address this issue of chain migration. You know, i have to call on my colleagues and President Trump to really stop using that term and abandon the offensive and misleading term of chain migration because it paints a picture that does not reflect reality. Immigrants cant sponsor entire families to come here. Our system allows american citizens and green card holders to join their families in the United States. There are numerous steps that families must take to legally immigrate to the United States. It is a long and arduous process that leaves husbands, wives, brothers, parents, waiting for decades. Many people die before they have a chance to be reunited with their loved ones again. So this image of immigrants coming in chains across our border couldnt be farther from the truth. The Immigration Service is processing visa applicationings for u. S. Citizens from 1994. That is 24 years ago. This backlog is painful for Many American families like feli. Feli is an immigra
Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Federal and state Law Enforcement officials in san antonio, texas, are investigating how nearly 40 people were left inside a tractor trailer in stifling summer heat. They were undocumented immigrants with no water or air conditioning who appear to be victims of what one federal prosecutor called ruthless human smugglers. San Antonio Police discovered the 18wheel truck in a walmart parking lot overnight. They were tipped off by an employee after someone from the truck had approached the store to ask for water. Temperatures reached 101 degrees in san antonio yesterday, and it was around 90 degrees when police opened up the truck. They found eight dead bodies, an
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