A lot of these kids are coming from countries other than Mexico, they are desperate and willing to risk everything. The problem is we have a limited ability to absorb these kids into a safe environment - agencies can't even handle the current foster care crisis for legal citizens. Well we can quit worrying about the problem now, the ACLU is all over it:
"ACLU And Immigrant Rights Groups Accuse Border Patrol Of “Widespread” Child Abuse"
LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of immigrant rights organizations are accusing U.S. Customs and Border Protection of systemic physical abuse and mistreatment of unaccompanied immigrant children in its custody, according to a complaint filed Wednesday.
In graphic detail, the document describes children and teenagers being shackled in stress positions, kicked, yelled at, forced to drink from toilets, denied food and medical care, and otherwise abused and threatened. It was lodged with the civil rights office of the Department of Homeland Security and the agency’s inspector general.
“Children are being abused on a massive and widespread scale,” said James Lyall, a border litigation attorney at the ACLU in Arizona. “This is an urgent crisis that needs to be addressed immediately … These children’s stories are horrific.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/juangastelum/aclu-and-other-immigrant-rights-groups-accuse-border-patrol