Child Migrants Make Perilous Journey by Train to the U.S.

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The U.S. has seen a dramatic increase in Central American migrants crossing into its territory, particularly children traveling without guardians.

Image: A woman is helped from one boxcar to another as Central American migrants wait atop the train they were riding north, hours after it suffered a minor derailment in a remote wooded area outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico.

A woman is helped from one boxcar to another as Central American migrants wait atop the train they were riding north, hours after it suffered a minor derailment in a remote wooded area outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico. AP

July 9, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT / Updated July 9, 2014, 2:42 PM EDT

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