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From the drone’s-eye view many of us have on cable news, the thousands of Haitians — families, pregnant women, children, babies — milling around
under a Del Rio bridge are an urgent problem to be solved.

Those of us who have read individual interviews with some of the families
know that many have traveled years across continents on epic journeys to
escape natural disasters, political unrest and poverty. They’re looking
for better lives, for education, for decent wages they can feed their
families on.

And we, from the comfort of our cozy recliners, just want a solution.

The solution that appeals to many is a perfectly tuned balance of
security, efficiency and humanity, which is nothing but a pipe dream until
this country passes comprehensive immigration reform and provides more resources, such as immigration judges, that would allow people to have
their claims promptly considered and either receive relief or be deported.

For years, we’ve had only a messy hodgepodge of policies under different administrations that vary in severity, effectiveness, and compassion —
leaving ordinary Americans across the political spectrum, and apparently
plenty of migrants as well — confused about what current U.S. immigration
law actually is.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-How- America-got-to-the-Haitian-migrant-16474548.php

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