US President ask Congress for 3.7 billion dollars to tackle immigration crisis
 
US President, Barack Obama has asked Congress for 3.7 billion dollars in extra funding to tackle an immigration crisis at the southern border.

More than fifty thousand unaccompanied children, most from Central America have been caught trying to cross illegally between October last year and June this year.

The move comes amid Congressional gridlock over a wide-reaching bill to overhaul the immigration system. 

President Obama is set to meet local leaders in Texas over the issue on Wednesday

But he has been criticised by members of both parties for not visiting the border personally during a primarily political fundraising trip to the southern state, which shares a lengthy border with Mexico.

The emergency funding would include money for immigration judges, detention facilities and legal aid.

Source :  BBC