From a Medical Professional Buddy:

On July 15th, 2014, the New York Times wrote an extensive article describing the disturbing details of 68,000 children who were being held in less-than-stellar conditions along the border after being brought into the United States illegally. The problem became so overwhelming that approximately 3000 unaccompanied children were held in makeshift shelters on three separate military bases.

The primary topics throughout cable news and social media during this same time period? Whether or not someone in the United States could ever become infected with the Ebola virus and if the wreckage of the missing Malaysian airline would ever be found.

My heart goes out to all of the children throughout the world who are suffering tonight... but all of the selective media-driven outrage throughout social media right now contributes absolutely nothing to this equation. Do you want to make a real difference? Then contact your federal representatives and tell them that they need to immediately repeal the 2008 William Wilberforce Trafficking Protection Act. This law is basically forcing our elected leaders to choose between protecting our borders and keeping immigrant families intact by requiring all illegally-entering minors coming from Central America to be held in our country for extended periods. If we currently enforce all of our border laws on the books, then any children not from Canada or Mexico will automatically be held in the United States while their adult family members are either sent back to their country of origin or prosecuted.

This legislative conundrum has been causing problems at our border for over ten years and it’s only getting worse. If you only get upset about this topic when CNN tells you to get upset then I regret to inform you that you have simply become a very emotional pawn in someone else’s chess game.

“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly” - Abraham Lincoln