(Washington D.C.) Families and children traveling alone have accounted for 29% of all Border Patrol encounters in February, up from 13% two months earlier.
Iowa 3rd District Congresswoman Cindy Axne tells KSOM/KS95 News people calling the migration issues at the southwest border a crisis aren’t putting it into perspective.
Axne says she is committed to achieving real reform, and she hopes Republican colleagues in the House are on board as well.
Representative Axne says two common-sense bi-partisan pieces are on the table. The American Dream and Promise Act to help the children brought to this country and the other piece is the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
Representative Axne says this administration is attempting to help the unaccompanied children to make sure they cross the border safely.
Migration flows to the U.S. from Mexico are surging for the third time in seven years
