{"id":8750,"date":"2015-04-09T15:03:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:22:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:22:12","slug":"why-the-surge-in-central-american-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/04\/09\/why-the-surge-in-central-american-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Surge in Central American Minors?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) has just issued a new report on \u201cUnaccompanied Child Migration.\u201d<\/a> \u00a0In it Marc Rosenblum attributes the surge to two factors: (1) violence and poor economic conditions, and (2) reconnecting with family in the United States, i.e., push and pull factors. He does not argue that the violence and poverty in the sending countries had recently increased<\/a>, so that is not an explanation for the surge in illegal entry by the minors. That leaves the second explanation \u2013 reunion with family here as the sole explanation<\/a>.<\/p>\n The MPI report notes that \u201c…at least 85 percent of Central Americans arriving at the border have parents or other close family members in the United States.\u201d The presence of so many illegal aliens from Central America who left children behind has also not changed significantly in recent years, so that also is not an explanation for the surge.<\/span><\/p>\n