As waves upon waves of migrants enter the United States illicitly through our southern border, lost in the panorama of scenes of waders in the Rio Grande, itinerants in the desert, and passengers hidden in heavy wheel trucks are other poignant scenes, in their own way no less compelling, playing themselves out at our embassies throughout Latin America and Africa.

In one embassy after another, whether in Guatemala or Kenya, there are hundreds of hopeful applicants waiting for their chance to be interviewed by an embassy officer and considered for an immigration visa to America. They have pinned all their hopes for a better life on this one encounter with an unknown official who will grant their wishes or dismiss them.

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