Powerful images of life at the US-Mexico border—photographed by children - Quartz

 

The number of children detained at the southwest border of the US since October has reached a shocking 52,000, up 99% since 2013. The children, primarily teens from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, often face months or years in detention before a judge can hear their cases. An uptick in media coverage of the conditions of unattended minor detainees has raised outrage in the United States, with President Obama calling the issue an “urgent humanitarian situation.”

 


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Powerful images of life at the US-Mexico border—photographed by children - Quartz