That is not what ICE is finding out when it interviews these "children." I gave you the link and reference, which is a leaked ICE memo. 43% are joining their parent. "The same ICE report reveals that about 43 percent of the unaccompanied minors are reunited with a parent soon after arriving in the United States"
When you look at the amount of the remittances being sent back to those countries, why is it so difficult to believe that they are not joining a parent? We also have large numbers of "family units" that consist of mothers and their children.
Legally, the illegal alien child or the illegal alien parent cannot sponsor anyone to enter this country.
Because many of these children were sent alone BY their parents, in Honduras, Guatemala, etc. And just because someone is remitting, doesn’t mean they are legit parents.