Article: President Obama is seeking almost $4 billion in emergency money from Congress due to an immigration crisis along the U.S. southern border with Mexico. (Kids: locate border on map). The crisis is from a recent wave of unaccompanied children coming across the border. (Kids: what does it mean that the children are "unaccompanied?" Why would parents send their children this way? Do the parents even know?) Obama wants to use the money for increasing patrols along the border, immigration judges once the kids are caught, aerial surveillance, and new facilities to hold for and care for the children. He wants to return the kids back to Mexico and other countries in Central America as quickly as possible. Kids: what do you think about this? What are the pros/cons of what Obama is doing? How would you feel if you were one of these kids.
Video: Watch a trailer from an excellent, heartbreaking documentary about this phenomenon of unaccompanied minors trying to come into the U.S.
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