An often-forgotten fact in the immigration debate is that lately, illegal border crossings to the U.S. have stagnated. Except that’s not the case for one category of immigrants: unaccompanied children. In just the last couple of years, the number of minors apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol has nearly tripled. Many of these kids come through Chicago, where agencies are scrambling to handle the load.
Sharp rise in young, unaccompanied illegal immigrants tests U.S.
(Flickr/Nishanth Jois) In the last two years, the number of children illegally migrating to the U.S. has tripled. Many of them pass thr...