WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama, noting a rise of young undocumented immigrants, warned parents in Central America not to send their children to the U.S. border.
Since October, an estimated 52,000 unaccompanied minors have attempted to enter the United States at its southern border in what Obama called a "humanitarian crisis." The young immigrants are motivated by false reports they will be allowed to remain in the United States, as well as by hopes of escaping violence and poverty in their native countries.