First Ladies of Latin America Combating Number of Minor Children Immigrating Alone to Find Parents
Published at 2:29 pm EST, April 29, 2012
During a conference sponsored by the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, first ladies from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala joined forces to raise awareness of the growing numbers of illegal immigration of unaccompanied children. The conference occurred one week after 100 undocumented immigrant children were taken to a dormitory at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Other local shelters and nonprofit facilities which typically house unaccompanied children were out of space. Last year alone, more than 7,000