The child immigration crisis is a difficult and complicated
problem, with many facets and strong implications, whatever your party
affiliation. While it’s easy to focus on the situation in the United States,
that situation is only a result of the poverty, violence, and gang activity
that dominates these Central American countries. The sad truth is that either
way, there seems to be little future for these children. If they stay with
their home communities, they’ll become a sad footnote in the annals of gang
life, doomed to a short and violent life.
However, if they come to the United
States illegally, they will have little opportunity of doing anything that will
raise them above the poverty line.
The logical question, then, is what is being done in those
Central American countries to change that situation.
Dr. Duane “Chip” Anderoson went on KCRO 660 AM to talk about
how Christ For the City International has been in several of those countries
for years, working with churches, government organizations, sometimes even
gangs, to provide programs and ministries to improve the situation of these
communities.
Sometimes even gang members feel the need to escape. Listen
to the half-hour show with host David Clark.
What do you think about this whole situation? Comment below!
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