@Baldimo,
You have this story all wrong Baldimo. This is a humanitarian crisis where children are being put at great risk. This is a not a significant increase in the amount of illegal immigration to the US.
Yes, there is a great increase in the number of children making the border crossing alone. No there is not a significant increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally. These children are a small percentage of this number.
It is obscene to paint these children as illegal invaders. They are children that come from desperate circumstances and are at the mercy of criminals. They need our help, and some of them are legally entitled to it.
Incidentally, I do not hold the Obama administration blameless in this. They should have seen this crises coming and reacted much sooner. However, it is a fact that these children are turning themselves in and asking for a status that is part of a law passed under Bush. Obama doesn't take all of the risk.
But, for God's sake Baldimo. These are children, not invaders.