Why isn't there more discussion

[spartan61]

about the Wilberforce bill? I have only heard Ed Shultz talking about it.

Just before leaving office, on Dec. 23, 2008, George W. Bush signed into law the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. This bipartisan measure, named for a 19th century British abolitionist, was aimed at extending and beefing up efforts to prevent and prosecute human trafficking and protect the victims of trafficking. More importantly, it described exactly how unaccompanied children crossing the border must be treated.

For children coming from Mexico and Canada, countries with a border with the United States, a Border Patrol officer has the authority to determine whether the child is eligible to stay in the country. And because the child can be easily handed over to officials from his or her home country, the process can move very quickly.
• But for kids from Central America, where handing them back to authorities is more complicated, the law dictates that Customs and Border Patrol must turn undocumented children over to the Department of Health and Human Services within 72 hours.
• HHS will then hold them humanely until they can be released to a “suitable family member” in the United States.

[Blue_Adept]

1. it gets some

It comes up in a couple of the topics, not as the main focus, but as a meme image and some nods.

Some dems don't want to tout a Bush policy. Some are just going with the actual refugee aspect of what's going on and not trying to let themselves get too bogged down in policy, dealing more with humanitarian aspects.

Much more would rather engage with in-fighting on other subjects than this unfortunately.

[alsame]

2. IMO, people are deliberately

conflating this law with immigration reform.

The GOP does it so they can hammer Obama about having 'open borders' and not enforcing deportation. Some Dems do it because they want to keep pushing for immigration reform. Both groups are saying what their respective bases want to hear.

Low information voters just hear what they want to hear from 'their side'. The media, as usual, rarely makes the attempt to inform their audience that the trafficking law is not the same as an immigration law. Keeping people ignorant is better for ratings.