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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Scott Jackson (right), business service consultant for WorkSource Fulton, helps job seekers with their applications in a mobile career center at a job fair hosted by Goodwill Career Center in Atlanta. (Ziyu Julian Zhu/AJC)

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