Children in Limbo

Being the child of immigrants myself, one of the most heartbreaking things in my career has been coming across children who make the dangerous crossing to the United States sometimes not even accompanied by their parents but by a smuggler, the so-called coyotes. Imagine them being scared to death, arrested and interviewed, not knowing what to say, where to turn for help, maybe even being threatened not to talk by the unscrupulous individuals who were in charge of them for a few hundred dollars. When they do make it without being caught, the childen often grow up all their lives here believing they are United States Citizens. When I read stories like this one from the Waco Tribune, where a smart young woman Valedictorian of her high school finds out her dream of going to college is shattered because unbenownst to her, she was brought here as a child by her parents, without any lawful immigration status, I sympathize and I wish that there could be a provision in the law to help children in these situations.