The number of undocumented minors attempting the dangerous trek across the U.S.-Mexico border alone has risen, experts gathered at the University of San Diego's "Children at the Border" forum said.
The director of USD's Trans-Border Institute, David Shirk, who organized the forum, told Efe immigration patterns have changed over the past 20 years for reasons such as the expansion of the metal wall on a portion of the frontier in 1994 and tighter border protection following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
More minors trying to illegally cross U.S.-Mexico border alone
The number of undocumented minors attempting the dangerous trek across the U.S.-Mexico border alone has risen, experts gathered at the Uni...
