Some cities open arms to children caught on the border

*This is not a one-sided story, but negative end of it seems to get all the ink. There are more like this: groups, individuals, opening their doors, lending a hand, helping. VL

By Alan Gomez, USA Today

Some local leaders around the country are starting to open their doors to house unaccompanied immigrant children caught along the U.S./Mexico border, even as some communities have resisted.

New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie was the latest to express a willingness to house some of the 40,000 Central American children that have been caught this year and have prompted federal officials to scour the country to find suitable housing for them.

Federal law requires that children be placed in protective care while their immigration cases are resolved. And while Christie was critical of the Obama administration for failing to secure the border and allowing for that flood of children, he said his office would consider any request from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to house the children in his state.

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[Photo by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic]

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