Mexican official: Central American children no threat to Texas
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
(07-22) 18:39 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Mexico Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade Kuribreña on Tuesday challenged Texas Gov. Rick Perry's characterization of the flow of Central American children into the U.S. as an "assault" on Americans and their security.
"There's a need to respond to the upsurge in minors, but I don't see how the upsurge of minors threatens the security of the U.S. - and I certainly don't see how it threatens the security of Texas," Meade said in an appearance at The Chronicle's editorial board. "There's a need for a response. ... That response should have a high level of humanitarian concerns within it.
"To pose (the issue) as a security threat is missing the dynamics" behind the migration, he said, including violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador that has left thousands of children in need of help.
It also ignores the potential for countries affected by the migration to work together to solve it, he said.
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