So What Did Obama Come Here to Do?

     Sure Obama came to Austin recently to raise money for his party, but when the state is in the midst of a trillion dollar crisis with the border some are getting uneasy and are calling for action. One of these individuals who are calling for action is Senator John Cornyn who in the Texas Insider's opinion section titled "5 Things Obama Must Do to Fix the Border Crisis" reaches out for Obama to take action. Intending to get his opinion out to the public so that it may spread by word of mouth; Senator Cornyn, who serves as a reputable Republican in the Judiciary’s sub-committee of Border Security and refugees, calls on President Obama to take the five specific actions on the super-influx of migrant children, who are supposedly spawning from Obama’s change to the immigration laws concerning children. After laying down some facts and telling some of the treacheries of traversing across Mexico for Central American children, he begins to lay down what he thinks Obama should do about this influx crisis. These actions in his own words are:

• "First, [Obama] should publicly (and repeatedly) declare that the so-called deferred-action programs he announced in June 2012 will not apply to the children currently arriving at the border."
  
• "Second, [Obama] should publicly (and repeatedly) discourage people in Central America and elsewhere from sending their children on such a dangerous journey through Mexico."
  
• "Third, [Obama] should start enforcing all U.S. immigration laws, not simply the ones he finds politically convenient."
  
• "Fourth, [Obama] should make sure that Texas and other U.S. border states have the resources they need to handle the migrant influx."
  
• "Fifth, [Obama] should work with Mexican officials to improve security at their border with Guatemala, which most of these children appear to be crossing."

     These actions all seem to make sense to me, and I agree with Sen. Cornyn that Obama should be taking such actions. With the new system not working it makes sense for Sen. Cornyn’s declaration of his first point: “let’s just simply go back.” Although the old system may not have been the best, it at least worked. With regards to his second point the journey through Mexico is very dangerous, and relating to Central Americans facts, like six out of ten women who make the travel become victims of sexual assault, is important for parents to know before sending their children through “hell.” His third point is a stab at his policies of not always following the laws; which Obama, in my opinion, should work on changing if he doesn’t like them. Also, I agree with his fourth point that the Mexican Border States will need money to deal with all these children coming and taking resources such as public education, which already starved for money in Texas, and various other rights granted to American’s. Likewise, the call for diplomacy with Mexico regarding flow Central Americans is also a good idea, but I believe those efforts would be stumped by the cartel. All in all, I think this was a good opinion, and I hope that you will read the short piece of work Senator Cornyn provided so that you may see a little of the background for it and possibly retort it.