Fewer Migrant Children Reach U.S. Border, As Mexico Steps Up Deportations

WNYC | Apr 30, 2015

Mexico has been deporting record numbers of Central American children in recent months, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.

Mexico deported more than 3,800 unaccompanied minors from October 2014 to February 2015, a 56 percent increase over the same period the previous year. That has contributed to the significant drop in the number of unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S. since last fall.

Here & Now’s Robin Young talks to Jens Manuel Krogstad, a writer and editor at Pew Research Center who focuses on Hispanics, immigration and demographic trends, about what’s behind the increase, and what the impact has been.

Guest

Jens Manuel Krogstad, writer and editor at Pew Research Center. He tweets @jensmanuel.

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