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The surge of Central American immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border, thousands of which are unaccompanied minors, is being met with both disdain and compassion. While the government attempts to respond according to the law, Americans are expressing their own reactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As thousands of unaccompanied migrant children cross the US-Mexico border, Americans are being challenged by how to respond. “This is what our Catholic faith calls us to do,” says John Andrews of the Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino County. But in Murrieta, California, Andrea Rockwood has a different perspective: “We need to fix our system before we can even help anybody. 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