Evidence Shows Most Migrant Children Are Teenagers Seeking U.S. Jobs
More than three-quarters of the child migrants who recently crossed the border into government custody are teenagers who claim ages of 15 to 17, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The data contradicts the narrative by President Joe Bidens deputies and by much of the media who suggest the young migrants are children traveling alone to seek safety in the United States.
We are not apprehending a 9-year-old child, who has come alone, who has traversed Mexico whose loving parents sent that child alone, insisted Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Were not expelling that 9-year-old child to Mexico when that childs country of origin was Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador, Mayorkas said on March 1.