[국제]Three-year-old and five-year-old sisters “thump” under a 4m barrier…

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The number of smuggled smugglers from Central American countries and other countries to the United States to escape poverty and crime is increasing significantly.

The number of minors who have been smuggling alone is also rapidly increasing. Among these, a three-year-old and five-year-old sister fell under a 4-5m barrier and a video of crossing the border was released, shocking them.

This is reporter Kim Jeong-hoe.

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The border barrier between New Mexico and Mexico in the United States.

On this 4-5m high barrier, a person reaches out and drops something.

It is no other than a three-year-old child.

There is no movement for a while, perhaps because of the shock that fell.

After a while, the older child also fell to the ground, and the person who dropped the child ran away with another person waiting across the wall.

The U.S. border patrol revealed the video captured by surveillance cameras and said the young Ecuadorian sister had attempted to smuggle through a broker.

There were no problems as a result of the examination, but the two children could be in great danger in the desert if the patrols did not find them.

But it’s not just this sister.

Hundreds of children and youth cross the border every day.

Adults are deported as soon as they are caught smuggling, but minors can avoid deportation and apply for asylum in the United States.

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According to Fox News, the number of minors’smuggling alone’ in two months after the inauguration of the Biden administration has soared to about 16,000.

The shelter has reached its limit.

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The total number of smuggled people and casualties during the smuggling process is on the rise.

Last month, a 9-year-old Mexican girl was drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande with her mother.On the 16th, a broker organization rafted over 200 illegal immigrants and threw a 6-month-old baby into the river. Has encountered this.

The Republican Party is stepping up its offensive, claiming that the Biden administration, which is tolerant of immigration policy, has created a border crisis.

Vice President Harris, “the daughter of immigrants,” has been in charge of the smuggling issue, but it doesn’t seem easy to find a balance between human rights protection and Corona 19 management.

This is YTN Kim Jeong-hoe.

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