Migrant children from Central America and Mexico play in a recreation area the Noemi Alvarez Quillay immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors, run by the Mexican government, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
LA TECNICA, Guatemala (Reuters) - Honduran mother Alicia Cruz handed herself and her son in to border agents in Texas, then watched as unaccompanied children were separated for release from the group of migrants before adults and families, including hers, were expelled into Mexico.
That's when she contracted a smuggler to ferry Jeffrey, 17, across the border again – alone.
