What Are They Running From?

So we have over 52,000 children trying to get into the United States. I think we must have to ask ourselves, why are their Mothers choosing to send their children away? Can you imagine packing your children off for a place you have never been, not knowing if they would even arrive? What is going on in San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala? A relatively small section of the world is causing this mass exodus of it's children.  We as taxpayers and United States Citizens are spending Millions, maybe Billions of tax dollars to treat the symptom of their disease. I think we have to look at the source, we have to use our resources there. It should be possible to assist these countries in finding a way to peaceful coexistence within their own boarders.  Whether it is economic aid, job stimulation, or military action, that is necessary to answer this scream for help, it is past time to act. We are a country that is strong and full of resources, not just money, but educated minds. Can we not think of a way to help these woman and children and the men in their lives who are obviously ineffectual in securing a safe environment for them. Should we hope to find a way to ease the tensions in those regions?
 If the table was turned and all the Mothers of American children were so frightened for their children's safety that they started to send them across the boarders to a safer place, wouldn't we look at what was happening in our own states to cause this kind of fear? Would we hope our children would someday be reunited with us? That they would survive to thrive another day? It's too sad for me to think of those children, lonely frightened, and hopeless. Please let's put our heads together and figure this out.