Once illegal aliens in the United States and cartels and gangs in South America learned of this legal loophole, border crossings by unaccompanied minors surged. In fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2023, hundreds of thousands of these unaccompanied children made their way to the border. And I would say that while these children may have presented themselves as unaccompanied, they definitely were accompanied during that treacherous trip from their home in South America or Mexico … (11:57–12:09)
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Asserts that hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children reached the U.S. border from 2021 to 2023.
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