Immigrant children placed with undocumented adults, AP finds

Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. on June 18.

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AP reporter Amy Taxin gathered information that shows of the 71,000 kids who were placed with sponsors, the majority went to undocumented adults.

In recent years, younger migrants have been flocking to this country, often on their own.

Starting in 2014, tens of thousands of kids and teens from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have crossed into the United States. When they're detained, they are placed with grownups who look after them.

A new report out from the Associated Press shows a majority of those kids were placed in the care of people who are, themselves, not here legally.

AP reporter

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gathered all of this information. She joined host Alex Cohen with more.

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.