Unaccompanied Minors keep entering the U.S.

Posted: Jun 13, 2014 12:50 AM EST

Port Hueneme, CA - Update from Hal Eisner:

For the last few days we’ve been telling you about the overwhelming number of children, tens of thousands of them, who have come illegally – and alone – to the US-Mexico  border.

The numbers are extraordinary – 47,000 kids and teens since October. And, there are many stories being told. Some involve alleged treatment by border patrol agents upon arrival in the United States.

Karina, from El Salvador, is 15 years old. She came here unaccompanied. She says her brother was struck in the arm and they have only had two meals a day. 12 year old William, also from El Salvador,  has a similar ststorybout meals, but adds he was put in a freezer.

Texas Representative Henry Cuellar of Laredo spoke with me on the phone. He says the pictures he put out Thursday were taken by workers at a makeshift shelter along the Texas-Mexico border. The photos show cramped and chaotic conditions. There is even one picture that shows people in what looks like area. Cuellar says the Texas border is the focus of the smugglers assault because with mass entry they have better luck. He says border patrol is catching about 1200 people a day fleeing across the border. He adds children who would flee are clearly desperate and more attention needs to be focused on the problem.

The number of detention centers has been expanding with the growing population of smuggled kids. The latest is at the Port Hueneme Naval Base in Ventura  County. Friday was a day for the Department of Health and Human Services to show it off to a handful of staffers and representatives from Congress and Senate offices including Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Lois Capps, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Grace Napolitano, Rep. Julia Brownley and Sen. Barbara Boxer.

http://www.myfoxla.com/story/25767021/detained-smuggled-migrant-kids-shelter-could-soon-fill