In the complex debate over illegal immigration, one population goes largely unnoticed: the thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who make their way to the US every year. Some of these children come to find work and send money back to their families, while others have no family left in their home countries and travel to the US looking for relatives to care for them. Many more come to escape violence from drug traffickers and gangs, which often try to recruit even very young children. Unlike most undocumented adults apprehended at the border, these children are taken to shelters and given an opportunity to try to stay in the US.
NY Times Article Highlights Need for Greater Protections for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
In the complex debate over illegal immigration, one population goes largely unnoticed: the thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children ...
