The number of children detained while attempting to cross into the United States without an adult has increased dramatically in the past seven months.
In recent years, the U.S. Department of Human Services’ Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services has cared for as many as 8,000 children annually. In the first three months of this year, however, the agency has seen a 77 percent increase in the number of children in the program.
Child immigrant detentions up sharply
The number of children detained while attempting to cross into the United States without an adult has increased dramatically in the past s...