I have a great idea. Personal responsibility. It isn't Trump or Sessions who brought these children here. And we must not assume that all illegal immigrants are escaping something horrible in their country. If they are then there is asylum. Where we are required to establish a need for it.
Report: 90 Percent Of Guatemalans Come To US For Economic Reasons, Not To ‘Escape Violence’
5:34 PM 08/07/2017
A survey of the Guatemalan immigrant community refutes a commonly held belief that crime and gang violence are the primary drivers of migration from the Central American country to the U.S.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which is the U.N.’s leading agency on immigration issues, conducted a study of Guatemalan immigrants in the U.S. to learn more about why they decided to leave their home country.
The group found that 91 percent of Guatemalan immigrants came to the U.S. for economic reasons. By contrast, less than one percent fled Guatemala due to safety concerns including extortion, gang problems and the overall level of violent crime.
The IOM survey, conducted in conjunction with the Guatemalan government, undermines the narrative that Guatemalan migrants have no choice but to come to the U.S. because of rampant violence at home — a conclusion many pro-immigration groups advance. While Guatemala — along with neighboring Honduras and El Salvador — does have a particularly high murder rate compared to most other Latin American countries, economic opportunity appears to be the primary motivating factor in immigration to the U.S.
The results of the IOM survey, which was published in Spanish, were summarized Monday in an English translation by Kausha Luna, a research associate at the Center For Immigration Studies (CIS). As Luna notes, the vast majority of Guatemalan immigrants came to improve their economic situation: 57 percent to find better employment, 33 percent to boost their income, 1.2 percent to buy a home, and 0.1 percent to start a business. Another 3.7 percent came for family reunification purposes....
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/report-90-percent-of-guatemalans-come-to-us-for-economic-reasons-not-to-escape-violence/In other simpler terms they come for our jobs and a home in America.