July 15, 2014      4:28 PM
Bearse: Dignity and Security
From the right: QR's conservative columnist argues that Evangelicals should indeed care about immigration, "but their chief concern should be treating all people as if they were made in the image of God. Because they are."
Whatever
your politics, what is happening at the border is a humanitarian crisis. Dead
children have washed ashore in the Rio Grande River. A 15-year old Guatemalan
boy was found in dessert brush, dead from heat stroke. Little children are
stuffed into makeshift detention centers where conditions are squalid.
It breaks my
heart that young children would take a perilous journey by train to get to
America, unaccompanied by adults, exploited by coyotes and traffickers. It’s a
human tragedy. And like Hurricane Katrina, Texans are
showing their love for their fellow human beings knows no bounds. Charities are
standing in the gap for these children. So are Border Patrol and Texas
law enforcement, even if it is not what they are trained to do. We will do
right by these kids. The question is whether we will actually fix the problem.
The sad
reality is that the only way to stop new waves of illegal migrants is to send
home those who have already arrived on our border. The Obama Administration must
work with Congress to change the law for child migrants not from
contiguous countries. They must also unravel a 2012 decision that helped open
the floodgates.
Eric Bearse's complete column can be found in today's R&D Department.
By Eric Bearse
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