Illegal Immigrant Children Report High Incidence of Crime

Border Patrol agent Marlene Castro speaks to a group of unaccompanied minors who just crossed illegally from Mexico into the United States in Hidalgo County, Texas, on May 26, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—The massive influx of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the southwest border into the United States brings many additional challenges, including serious crime, according to a report released by Judicial Watch on July 10.

Judicial Watch used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents from Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency that temporarily houses unaccompanied minors after they are apprehended by Border Patrol.