Fewer unaccompanied immigrant children are crossing the border from mexico to the U.S. each year, this has aloud temporary shelters on our side of the border to close. The Homeland Security has released information showing that about 5,500 unaccompanied children were arrested in July 2013 alone. There were barley half the number in May and June and the fewest children since Feburary. They welcomed the decline but the numbers over all are still higher from the previous years. They want the message to be clear that we do not allow illegal immigrants.
When temperatures rise, they say, children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador could be back in even greater numbers. There are more immigrants in the spring and summer because they don’t like to make the trip when it is cold. Its sad to see unaccompanied minors crossing the border because you know they have no one or nothing there.
This Relates to The Distance Between Us because both their mom and dad were illegal immigrants. They contributed to the number of people crossing over. A lot of people in Mexico are leaving to “El Otro Lado” to better themselves and their families, just like in the book. The American Dream means to live comfortably with money and a family. Thats what all the people that come into our country want. How could we blame them?
