The rhetoric has ramped up around illegal aliens and especially the undocumented children at our country’s Southern border. Today, an Atlanta immigration lawyer writes about the steps President Barack Obama can take to relieve the situation, while an appointee to the state immigration board says executive orders could be unlawful. Also, an Emory University professor — the daughter of a woman who came illegally to the U.S. before becoming a naturalized citizen — ponders the question of who really belongs.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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