Barbara Kohn : Unaccompanied children trying to cross the border increased by 90 % . Kohn : This is a humanitarian crisis , but Republicans are turning it into a political crisis . She believes escalating violence in Central America is driving the new wave of migrating kids . Every parent can imagine it 's not an easy decision to send your child with a stranger thousands of miles away to a foreign country . Kohn : Immigration reform is not the cause of the Southern immigration crisis , it 's the solution .
Barbara Kohn : Unaccompanied children trying to cross the border increased by 90 % . Kohn : This is a humanitarian crisis , but Republicans are turning it into a political crisis . She believes escalating violence in Central America is driving the new wave of migrating kids . Kohn : Immigration reform is not the cause of the Southern immigration crisis , it 's the solution .