Number of unaccompanied minors arriving illegally in US is rising
*This is interesting as proof of how immigration follows the same economic and personal interest push-pull pressures as the larger economy. Children come the U.S. on their own fleeing violence and poverty, others are sent by their parents in the mistaken hope that an immigration reform will embrace their children. VL
By Alfonso Chardy, McClatchy/The Miami Herald
Every fiscal year between 2004 and 2011, the report said, the number of children detained by immigration authorities averaged about 6,800. But apprehensions jumped to more than 13,000 children in fiscal year 2012 and to more than 24,000 in fiscal year 2013.
Up to 120 unaccompanied youths are arriving each day, and some estimates suggest that the annual number could soon reach 60,000, according to a Feb. 21 story in the Los Angeles Times.
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