U.S. authorities handed over 14,237 unaccompanied children and teenagers of different nationalities found traveling alone on the border to Mexico last year, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said.
Of the minors handed over to authorities in Mexico, 11,520, or nearly 81 percent, were Mexican and the other 2,717 were of various unspecified nationalities.
US Hands Over 14,237 Unaccompanied Minors to Mexico in 2011
U.S. authorities handed over 14,237 unaccompanied children and teenagers of different nationalities found traveling alone on the border to ...