Number of unaccompanied children crossing Texas border dropped sharply in July
Story Date: 8/12/2014

 Source: David Nakamura, THE WASHINGTON POST, 8/7/14

The number of unaccompanied minors apprehended crossing the southern U.S. border dropped by nearly half in July from each of the previous two months, Obama administration officials said Thursday.

New  figures from Border Patrol show that 5,508 foreign children were taken  into federal custody last month, down from more than 10,000 in both May  and June.

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