Laura Ingraham had good commentary about the children on the border issue last night (Monday, 6-18-2018):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr2-dDd5mmc


The ICE representative said that of the 12,000 children caught at the border, 10,000 of them were traveling without parents. Only 2,000 were travelling with what appeared to be parents. ICE and Border Patrol only separate children from parents for 3 reasons.

1) If there is no documentation that they are parent and child
2) If they suspect for any reason that the adult accompanying is a danger to the child.
3) If the parent is jailed on criminal charges.

Further, the ICE representative said that when his agents approach illegals carrying these children, they drop the children on the ground and run away. What kind of "parent" or "family" would do that? The fact is, about 80% of these alleged parents are actually just using someone else's children as a front, to appear to be a family, and thus avoid arrest and detention. Often either trafficking drugs, or human slavery for sexual purposes. By leaving a child with someone like that, ICE/Border Patrol would be endangering children, not keeping a "family" together.