While politicians point fingers at each other over the child immigration surge on our Southern border, much of the law that is the directing how they are treated is rooted in law signed in 2008. It targets only youth from countries beyond Mexico and is intended to protect those who may come here due to trafficking or may have legitimate cause for asylum status. Local immigration experts break it down in this video. (KHOU 11 News)
More on the history of this act. (Video: New York Times)