A lot has been said about the humanitarian crisis on the border, and a lot of it has been false.
Kids fleeing the violence of their home countries numbering over 57,000 in the past 10 months have sparked a national conversation about the country's immigration system. Teasing truth from fiction is the only way to have a meaningful understanding of what is happening to our south.
We explore some of the big claims that have proved false thus far:
- Unaccompanied minors are coming because of "Obama's amnesty."
- Immigrant youth don't show up for court hearings, opting to stay illegally.
- Immigrant youth pose a public-health threat due to being unvaccinated.
- 3,000 murders have been committed in Texas the past six years by immigrants.
Guests:
- Linda Brandmiller, an immigration lawyer with ASI.
- Guillermo Contreras, reporter with the San Antonio Express-News
- W. Gardner Selby, editor with Politifact in Austin.
- Rachel Pearson, sixth-year MD/PhD student at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Institute for the Medical Humanities.
- Dr. Thomas Mayes, head of pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
*The Source airs at 3 p.m. on KSTX 89.1 FM. Audio from this show will be posted by 5:30 p.m.
