The situation on the southern border has gotten out of hand because a provision of our federal immigration law has been misinterpreted – or, at worst, willfully subverted.  Put another way, Central American kids made the journey north, but now it is the American people who are being taken for a ride. If you suppose that this unusual statute was ferreted out and dusted off after long years of obscurity, think again.  It is part of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008.  Note the use of the term “victims.”  This measure was designed specifically for victimized kids from “noncontiguous” countries brought here against their will by traffickers.  The intent of the law was to transfer them to the Health and Human Services Department for care and processing.  Advocates would then be appointed to work for such children in reuniting them with families or placing them in foster...(Read Full Article)