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center unannounced, then it s probably wise not to send your kids there. do you have a suspicion that something was going wrong in these centers? i think that the reason now there are they call them showcase appearances of members of congress pre-planned visits. here is the issue here. we need unfettered access. the stories of tragedy that a lot of these children have are stories of, no kidding, rape, abuse. a third of the girls down at lackland, according to border patrol, they have said a third of them have been raped. human trafficking, we re talking about adults leasing children because nebthey believe they ll more likely to be able to stay in the united states if they lease children. these are human tragedies. who do you blame for these tragedies? anybody in particular? certainly i do. the president of the united
among those most vocally calling attention. last fall pastors met with president obama in the oval office to press the issue of immigration shortly after house speaker john boehner said that there would be no immigration reform in 2013. and speaker boehner kept true to his word. so in february catholic and evangelical leaders sent an open letter to congress saying each day we witness the human tragedies created by our current system, including the separation of families and the violation of human dignity. common sense fixes to our immigration policies are long overdue. as a nation founded on the principles of the rule of law and centrality of family, we can no longer delay fixing this system. religious leaders followed that letter up with several meetings with white house leaders in washington, d.c., to urge a move forward on immigration reform. in april, roman catholic leaders traveled to the border, celebrated mass and offered
victims of that kansas shooting. his dad, dr. william lewis coccoran, killed. spending the day with one of his grandchildren. they were headed to rehearsals for to kill a mockingbird when they were killed. the other victim, of course, is 53-year-old terry lamono. will talking about his dad, the special bond he had with all of his grandchildren, including reit, and he was an active grandfather still practicing, saying he should be at work today. he should be practicing, but instead he is dead and his sons saying that his father william lewis coccoran would have preferred that it just be him. a loving grandfather, obviously. he was killed along with his grandson and the third victim 53-year-old terry lomano, what s being called a hate crime. i want to go back very quickly to wrap up with mark. mark, you realize that with all the statistics and all the work that you do at the southern poverty law center, that tend of the day there are real people, real human tragedies that are at
not move many votes away from republicans right now in the next midterm, but long term, it will. and i am sure that you know that congressman, john boehner said that immigration has been a political football for 15 years, and he has tried to get the house moving on it this year, but reform would be almost impossible if president obama continue s continues to sign the executive orders to change the system. what about that? what about the push by some people that the president should use his executive power to improve the immigration system? well, the president is under a lot of pressure, and one of the things that most people don t know is that there are literally thousands of united states citizen children in foster homes, because the children have been deported. and there are human tragedies occurring day after day in this country, and the president is trying to figure out how to deal with the issue, but there are so many elements to the immigration e reform. just this week, the l