Child advocates say more should be done to assist immigrant minors crossing the border

By Susan Ferriss

Child advocates say assistance needed to keep young border crossers away from criminals

Excerpts from this story referencing "Border Patrol":

"… ginia Juvenile Detention Center, which has an immigration wing, after U.S. Border Patrol agents caught him, unaccompanied by any family members, crossing into Texa …"

"… d to talk to him.”  The boy, she said, had been “terrified of the Border Patrol,” but he had also been terrified of not making his delivery of drugs for …"

"… gs for the gang that an uncle had allegedly forced him to enter into at 14.Border Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks, who is based in Marfa, Texas, said he wasn’t awar …"

"… , who is based in Marfa, Texas, said he wasn’t aware of the inquiry into Border Patrol agents in Texas that Podkul described. He added that he couldn’t comment …"