Amy Reichert: Two friends, one broken immigration system

In the heart of this piece is a tale of two friends and a human story about what it means to seek both justice and mercy in our national immigration debate.

A couple of weeks ago, I said goodbye to my dear friend Jackie Cruz Acencio as she prepared to leave San Diego with her husband, Oscar, a U.S. Marine, who is being medically evacuated from Balboa Naval Hospital following a tragedy that never should have happened. 

On Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar was driving his family...