Speaking at DalFort Fueling in Dallas after meeting with Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), President Barack Obama offered a half-hearted warning to parents that send their children off alone on top of freight trains to illegally cross into the United States by telling them it is “unlikely” the children will be allowed to stay.

Obama refused to go to witness the urgent humanitarian situation at the southwest U.S. border opting instead to speak in Dallas. He said, “We intend to do right by these kids but parents need to know it’s unlikely thier children will be able to stay.”

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