The crisis reveals a dark underbelly of immigration policy where children are exploited by traffickers posing as parents, risking their lives for unlawful entry.
Traffickers are abusing the system, utilizing policy loopholes related to family units to smuggle children, with some even using forged documents to gain entry.
Customs and Border Patrol are witnessing a dangerous cycle of children being recycled through different families, highlighting the alarming vulnerability of these innocent lives.
With no record of unaccompanied migrant children after release to sponsors, the government struggles to track their welfare, putting them in further peril.
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