To Save the Children or Not?!?

San Francisco is facing a tough problem, what’s more important protecting children or drug dealers. The problem is the children are the drug dealers and the children are either undocumented immigrants or their parents are undocumented immigrants. The next question, who handles this problem the juvenile probation department or the department of immigration. The majority of the youth that are coming to San Francisco are from Central America trying to escape a home of poverty and violence. They flock to America in hopes of a better life upon arrival they live a life of drug dealing or prostitution. A lot of times the children are turned over to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement but in fact they are protected under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. By law the Probation Department is supposed to look at each juvenile and provide a specific plan that fits that individual’s best interest. It’s a sad situation because these children come for a better future but are thrown into a world of danger and end up either in foster care or returned to the country where their family is from.
What is the City to do with these children? What do you, save children who are trying to make a life for themselves by filthing the streets? According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the real crime needs to be recognized and addressed: poverty, violence, and exploitation.