The U.S. Tries to Deport Not Protect Children Fleeing Violence in Central America

[DesertRat]

Darlin Adonay Peña has a headache.

On a Wednesday afternoon in May, he takes a break from his job flipping burgers at a McDonald's on Central Avenue in Phoenix to sit down and talk, sipping a frozen caramel coffee drink and rubbing his almond eyes.

A brown rosary peeks from beneath his shiny black uniform. He's shaved both sides of his head, taming a few meticulous black curls atop with gel.

A few pimples on his forehead give away Peña's age. He is just 18. This is his first job since coming to the United States from Honduras last year, and he wants to do it to perfection.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2014/07/the_us_tries_to_deport_not_protect_children_fleeing_violence_in_central_america.php

[Jake Stern]

1. The administration is between the proverbial rock and hard place

If it deports the children it could turn off Latino voters but if it doesn't then white independents and even some centrist D's could be soured enough to sit out or even vote GOP.

[Louisiana1976]

2. What the administration is doing--deporting the children--is unconscionable.