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Our Children: Unaccompanied Minors at the Border

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Miriam Uribe is a politics and Latin American studies major

This past summer, thousands of children fleeing Central America arrived at the border between México and the United States. Nothing is new about the migration of children to this country—however, the numbers of children detained at the border increased dramatically enough to make it to the news. With an already anti-immigrant sentiment in this nation, people were quick to point out that these kids are not “our own” so we should not care for them. Take, for example, the buses carrying children from detention centers that were stopped in Murrieta, California by protesters with signs such as “Agents secure our borders, not change diapers” and “Return to sender.” Continue reading Our Children: Unaccompanied Minors at the Border