A new report finds that migrant children crossing through Mexico face danger and uncertainty as they journey toward the United States.
The report from Save the Children and Plan International is based on interviews with migrant children and their caregivers in three cities on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Researchers found that migrant children are often staying in overcrowded shelters. Many aren’t going to school, and they have been separated from their families.
The report found that in Ciudad Juarez, more than 60% of the children interviewed had started their journey accompanied by family, but that number had nearly been cut in half by the time the children were interviewed at the border.
The data was collected between November 2024 and February 2025 in the border cities of Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez and Reynosa.
The average ages of the children interviewed varied slightly between those cities, but many are young children and pre-teens. In Reynosa, of the sample of 62 children, 51% were between the ages of 10 and 13 years old.
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Cattle from Mexico have been barred from the United States for most the past year to prevent the parasite from entering. Ranchers in Sonora say this method was a mistake. -
Mexico’s foreign secretary says 14,000 Mexican nationals remain in immigration detention in the United States as Mexico pursues consular and legal action. -
The move comes after a nearly yearlong ban of Mexican cattle into the United States to protect against the New World screwworm parasite. -
The San Luis port of entry from Sonora, Mexico, is Arizona’s westernmost border crossing, and could see delays for four to five months starting later this month. -
No cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite have been reported in Arizona, but USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the state has recommendations for ranchers to protect against it.
