Washington Braces For Another Surge Of Young Central American Immigrants

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December 28, 2015

A father holds his sleeping son, 3, after they and other undocumented immigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents on December 7, 2015 near Rio Grande City, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Authorities in the Washington, D.C. region are concerned about a new influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America as another wave of thousands of young people cross the border with Mexico to enter the U.S. illegally.

Experts say hundreds of those young people are making their way to D.C., in what they say could be a replay of the surge that took place in 2014.

Armando Trull from Here & Now contributor WAMU has the story.

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Armando Trull, senior reporter for WAMU. He tweets @trulldc.

This segment aired on December 28, 2015.

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