[Pontiac]

I agree with older children (13 and above)

Younger children can be repatriated if they can be returned to a family member.

Younger children can also be repatriated to a government willing to take custody.

Sending young children home to starve on the street or be trafficked back to the US is not something I think we can do.

[PghBaldy]

It is not unheard of for parents in poor countries to sell their children. It is also not unheard of in poor countries for child prostitutes to exist.

[Dr. Franklin]

Sending young children home to starve on the street or be trafficked back to the US is not something I think we can do.

So then send them home when they get old enough to be more independent. Simply educating them in English gives them a marketable job skill in the international economy back home. Illegal conduct should not be rewarded unless we want to encourage illegal conduct.