worst in american discussion of immigration? it seems to me some of the loudest voices have been the ugliest. i ve seen many reports about the churches and neighborhoods taking people in, inviting children in, this was some a statement from the catholic diocese in san bernardino, california. take a listen. as a church, we also want to let them know that there are people here in the united states who love and support them, they re praying for them and maybe that could give them spiritual food for the next leg of their journey. how do you think our reaction as a country has been when faced with these tens of thousands of unaccompanied children. i think the answer is all of the above, a little bit of good, a little bit of bad. when you re talking about children, it s different. these are innocence, they re people that are not yet at the point of being able to make judgment calls. how they re able to travel these distances and still be alive is amazing to many of us.
asking us to strip due process. what i do believe he s saying is, we must act and act swiftly, because we can t continue to see a humanitarian crisis on our border persist. do you think that this debate has brought out the best or worst in american discussion of immigration? it seems to me some of the loudest voices have been the ugliest. i ve seen many reports about the churches and neighborhoods taking people in, inviting children in, this was some a statement from the catholic diocese in san bernardino, california. take a listen. as a church, we also want to let them know that there are people here in the united states who love and support them, they re praying for them and maybe that could give them spiritual food for the next leg of their journey. how do you think our reaction as a country has been when faced with these tens of thousands of unaccompanied children. i think the answer is all of the above, a little bit of good,
i m michaela ferrera. out west those stories and more right now at this hoir. and at this hour, we re talking politics, policy, and the law. they re all at the center of a raging debate over the crisis at the border. president obama heading to texas this afternoon where he will meet with the governor of texas, republican rick perry. one of his fiercist critics on the immigration issue. he has not scheduled a visit to the boarder to see the crisis firsthand for himself. tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, mostly from central america, have been flooding to texas through mexico. we are covering this issue from all angles. we want to begin with our senior white house correspondent. jim, maybe you can give us, you re probably the closest to the information there. any update as the president changed his mind, will he head to the border? reporter: not at this point. it doesn t look that way, michae michaela, i think it would be incredible after top white house officials have sa
america cannot wait forever for them to act. today i m beginning a new effort to fix as much of the immigration system as i can on my own, without congress. today the president announced he s moving immigration enforcement assetses to the border and asking top officials for more executive actions. he blasted the gop for blaif blaming inaction on rapidly unfolding humanitarian condoleezza rices on the border. with tens of thousands of unaccompanied children. some in the house republican caucus are using the situation with unaccompanied children as the newest excuse to do nothing. i want everybody to think about that. the argument seems to be that
minutes. what i do is i summon the homeland security secretary and the secretary john kerry. i want every ambassador from mexico and central america summoned immediately in an urgent and official function that let s them know the extreme displeasure of the united states of america, our government. one thing lou said that was correct is it is impossible for these nations not to know that these tens of thousands of unaccompanied children. they know, of course they know. away from their countries to ours. it is a humanitarian crisis of their making. we understand the importance of undocumented immigrants to the economies of these nations. with the remittances, the moneys they send back. crucial elements of the mexican economy and to the central american economy. but this flood of children, this children s crusade, this is in direct response, this is the unintended consequence of the dream act. i did not see it coming. i supported the dream act.