Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors by US was Over 13,000 in 2012, Says Mexico David Iaconangelo - Latin Times
go to original July 25, 2013

Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) has written in a report for the lower house of that country's Congress that in 2012, US immigration authorities apprehended and deported 13,454 Mexican minors who were attempting to cross into the US unaccompanied by an adult.  According to Animal Politico, SRE indicates that communication and collaboration between US immigration authorities and Mexican consular representatives has increased in recent years, with the latter working harder and more effectively to protect and support those of its citizens placed in American custody for immigration-related offenses. Since 2008, the number of minors of Mexican nationality waiting in American custody to be transferred to Mexican migration services has climbed, the report also indicated.

In May of this year, the Pew Center issued its own report on unaccompanied children who try to cross the US border.  It found that the US Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), the office of the US Health and Human Services responsible for the care and custody of minors while their immigration status is considered, saw a record 13,625 children referred to them.

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