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This past month the United States Border Patrol has seen a large increase in the number of unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross the Mexican border into the United States. Most of the children are from Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

CCG Partner and former Chief of Staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Thad Bingel is featured in the Border News Network discussing the causes of this influx. Bingel believes that the increase is due to a change of US policy and a leniency toward unaccompanied children.

The word gets out that ‘my younger cousin got through’ and it spreads that the US is not detaining minors and so it takes on a sense of urgency because the capability and capacity of the US to hold people is low.

To read the full article, please go to Border News Network