Unaccompanied minors crossing U.S.-Mexico border on the rise

Unaccompanied minors crossing U.S.-Mexico border on the rise
Unaccompanied minors crossing U.S.-Mexico border on the rise

Unaccompanied minors crossing U.S.-Mexico border on the rise

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There are an increasing number of children who are now trying to make the difficult journey to cross the U.S.- Mexico border. The Washington Office on Latin America is set to release a new report next week on the growing humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border. Adam Isacson, a senior associate for regional security policy with the Washington Office on Latin America, joins us to discuss the findings. (Photo: Social services worker Bertha Mendez Leyva, 32, watches as deported minors file into a Baja California state social services agency office that helps deported minors locate family on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/David Maung))