Latin American first ladies raise issue of immigrant children

Latin American first ladies raise issue of immigrant children
By Gary Martin
Updated 03:07 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, 2012

WASHINGTON — First ladies from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala on Tuesday urged the governments in the Western Hemisphere to help combat a growing surge in illegal immigration of unaccompanied children.

The first ladies attended an international conference sponsored by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a two-day event to address issues associated with migrant children.

The conference comes just one week after 100 unaccompanied undocumented immigrants were taken to a Lackland AFB dormitory in San Antonio because shelters and facilities operated by nonprofit and religious organizations were out of space.

More than 7,000 unaccompanied migrant children were detained last year in the United States, according to USCRI.

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