Illegal immigrant children, families surge in July
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Illegal immigrant children, families surge in July
In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of family units and unaccompanied children arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley ... more >
By Stephen Dinan -
The Washington Times -
Friday, August 12, 2016
The number of illegal immigrant children and families crossing the border surged again in July, combining for the worst month so far in 2016, according to Border Patrol statistics released Friday.
More than 7,500 people traveling in families were nabbed in the southwest, and another 5,068 children traveling alone were also caught at the border, as Central Americans continue to flee their troubled home countries, pushed by violence at home and drawn by the hope that Obama administration policies will allow them to stay in the U.S.
The numbers are all the more troubling because they show an increase just as the peak of summer hit — a time when, officials say, the hot weather usually tamps down on the flow. But July saw increases in both children and families.
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