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 says escalating violence in Obama is driving the new wave of migrating kids . Sally Kohn : Currently , the avenues for legal immigration are largely backed up and broken , not keeping pace with the realities of why people migrate nor the needs of business in the United States that rely on their work . Immigration reform is not the cause of the Republicans border crisis , it 's the solution .
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 says escalating violence in Obama is driving the new wave of migrating kids . Sally Kohn : Immigration reform is not the cause of the Republicans border crisis , it 's the solution .