These are innocent children, fleeing desperate times, whether its poverty, whether its violence, whether its the draw of a better life in the united states. The Obama Administration has made it clear most of the children will be deported. But they continue to arrive twice as many as last year, and 4 times as many as in 2011. Weve been riding along the border all week and were seeing some action in this area. Were not far away from the river and from mexico. We see some Border Patrol vehicles over there and some people on the floor, were going to go check whats going on. Border patrol has apprehended another group of undocumented immigrants from Central America. One by one, their names are taken, their belongings bagged. In this group of 30, we counted about a dozen children some of the tens of thousands who have come this year. Fault lines investigates whats driving this migration boom, what children have left behind. And whether theyll be able to stay. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied chil
These are innocent children, fleeing desperate times, whether its poverty, whether its violence, whether its the draw of a better life in the united states. The Obama Administration has made it clear most of the children will be deported. But they continue to arrive twice as many as last year, and 4 times as many as in 2011. Weve been riding along the border all week and were seeing some action in this area. Were not far away from the river and from mexico. We see some Border Patrol vehicles over there and some people on the floor, were going to go check whats going on. Border patrol has apprehended another group of undocumented immigrants from Central America. One by one, their names are taken, their belongings bagged. In this group of 30, we counted about a dozen children some of the tens of thousands who have come this year. Fault lines investigates whats driving this migration boom, what children have left behind. And whether theyll be able to stay. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied chil
In this group of 30, we counted about a dozen children some of the tens of thousands who have come this year. Fault lines investigates whats driving this migration boom, what children have left behind. And whether theyll be able to stay. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied children have arrived in the us from mexico and Central America this year. But many more dont make it past the border. The children staying at this detention facility were all caught by mexican immigration before they could make it across. One of them is 14yearold josue jonas ramirez. Hes made the grueling 1,500 mile trip from el salvador. Thats only half way to his mother, who paid a smuggler 4,000 to bring him to new york. It has been ten years since they last saw each other. Josue told us that he had to leave el salvador. It had become unsafe for him. After his dad was killed by gangs, a gang tried to recruit his older brother, who fled to the states. This year josue, who has been living with his uncle, began to run out o
Times, whether its poverty, whether its violence, whether its the draw of a better life in the united states. The Obama Administration has made it clear most of the children will be deported. But they continue to arrive twice as many as last year, and 4 times as many as in 2011. Weve been riding along the border all week and were seeing some action in this area. Were not far away from the river and from mexico. We see some Border Patrol vehicles over there and some people on the floor, were going to go check whats going on. Border patrol has apprehended another group of undocumented immigrants from Central America. One by one, their names are taken, their belongings bagged. In this group of 30, we counted about a dozen children some of the tens of thousands who have come this year. Fault lines investigates whats driving this migration boom, what children have left behind. And whether theyll be able to stay. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied children have arrived in the us from mexico and Cen
Times, whether its poverty, whether its violence, whether its the draw of a better life in the united states. The Obama Administration has made it clear most of the children will be deported. But they continue to arrive twice as many as last year, and 4 times as many as in 2011. Weve been riding along the border all week and were seeing some action in this area. Were not far away from the river and from mexico. We see some Border Patrol vehicles over there and some people on the floor, were going to go check whats going on. Border patrol has apprehended another group of undocumented immigrants from Central America. One by one, their names are taken, their belongings bagged. In this group of 30, we counted about a dozen children some of the tens of thousands who have come this year. Fault lines investigates whats driving this migration boom, what children have left behind. And whether theyll be able to stay. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied children have arrived in the us from mexico and Cen