WHY are they all arriving with headphones, new Nikes, matching Jeans, electronic devices…And them all back.
Zero started it.. he can finish it.
Most of them are male, 16 and over.
Malva Saltrucha… anyone?
I’ve worked with hundreds of these kids straight from the harsh brush country of south Texas, none of them had headphones, Nikes, matching jeans or electronic devices.
They did have scars - physical and emotional from the journey, tattered jeans, ripped shirts, fraying shoes. Some did come with gastro-intestinal bugs, TB, scabies and a few other afflictions they picked up from living a few months in the wild.