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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