With immigration reform these children would arrive in a safe and orderly way.

But Speaker Boehner and the Republicans are blocking immigration reform in the House and that won’t happen soon.

So here we are, with thousands and thousands of Central American children arriving alone.

What do we do?

First, we treat children like children, as if they were our own.

We protect them and put politics aside.

No government should be in the business of deporting children. This is America.