CHILD REFUGEE PROBLEM IN U.S.

The influx of child refugees into the U.S., some accompanied by adults but many not, is creating a number of problems in addition to processing them:

One side effect of the crisis: Easier drug smuggling by cartels. "The arrival of large groups of women and children on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande is pulling agents away from their patrol stations elsewhere along the border, creating gaps in coverage that the traffickers can exploit, according to Chris Cabrera, the Border Patrol union representative here. The smugglers wait on the southern banks of the Rio Grande as migrant groups as large as 250 wade across at dusk and turn themselves in to the Border Patrol, he said. Then groups of single men proceed to cross under cover of darkness....The most recent statistics...show that narcotics seizures have fallen across the entire border with Mexico this year, with the drop being larger in Texas than the average."Joshua Partlow and Nick Miroff" in The Washington Post.  (http://webmailb.juno.com/webmail/new/5?userinfo=8b254f2f4f26b1dc56d8fe41da329a7b&count=1403622068&cf=SP2&randid=1822163293)

We should remember that there was a bill passed by the Senate and submitted to the House of Representatives but never acted upon that contained provision for 19,000 new border agents.  The inability of the House to act on anything but try to repeal Obamacare is causing problems I'm sure that opponents of immigration reform don't like.  Why can't they at least try to see if they can get through the 19,000 new agents?  Among other things it is a good lower paid jobs program. (http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2013/07/complete-danged-fence.html)