A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities — its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its stark storyline dramatic and obvious — captures, in mere seconds, the dangers for migrant children at the southern U.S. border. But it embodies so much of the saga playing out on the border amid a spike in migrant arrivals, particularly children. Border authorities encountered more than 9,000 children without a parent in February, the highest single month since May 2019, when more than 11,000 unaccompanied minors came to the border. Border authorities said the children caught on video were sisters, ages 3 and 5, and from Ecuador. “People considering using the services of smugglers need to know that smugglers don’t have the kids’ best interest at heart.

Source: ABC News April 01, 2021 23:34 UTC