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Child Migrants Have Been Coming to America Alone Since Ellis Island
July 18, 2014
| Tasneem Raja
The Immigration Act of 1907 declared that unaccompanied children under 16 were not permitted to enter America in the normal fashion. But it didn’t send them packing, either.
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July 18, 2014The Immigration Act of 1907 declared that unaccompanied children under 16 were not permitted to enter America in the normal fashion. But it didn’t send them packing, either.
