Obama Ponders Action on Border Crisis Without Congress

The U.S. Congress has begun a five-week recess without addressing the arrival of tens of thousands of undocumented Central American youths along America’s border with Mexico. Attention is now focused on executive actions President Barack Obama may take on his own. The border crisis continues but lawmakers left town with no immigration legislation for a frustrated President Obama to sign. “Without additional resources and help from Congress, we are just not going to have the resources...

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