President Barack Obama’s vow to take executive actions to fix the immigration system and stem the avalanche of Central American children migrants to the United States is good news, but I’m afraid it will only be a Band-Aid approach, which won’t address the key issue: keeping Central American kids in school.
Obama announced that, given the Republican-controlled House of Repre-sentatives’ refusal to pass much-needed immigration reform that was approved by the Senate last year, he will move unilaterally in coming weeks.
Obama was pushed to act following the humanitarian crisis triggered by the nearly 50,000 unaccompanied Central American children who