Thousands of migrant Children and teens have arrived at the US Mexico border in the last few weeks, and Houston has become the number one destination for these teens in recent years. Once kids are processed at the border, most are reconnected with family members and restart their lives in a new country in a new language and at a new school, and that's where our immigration reporter Elizabeth Trove all picks up the story. In southwest Houston. Wisdom High School H I s T teacher Garrett Reid gather some of his students while we talk on a video call he breaks the ice with some gentle teasing comes from football. Claire, this man Group of five tell me their first names only since they have pending immigration cases. Here's how I made the football player. Hi. My name is Jaime. And from where in my life I am 18 years old. They're all from Central America. And they all traveled across Mexico into the U. S. Without a parent some just a few months ago, Jaime explains why he risked his life to come here. Says his dad who left when Jaime was a baby lives in Houston High May came to the U. S to be with him and to escape threats from gang members. All of these students have some family already living in the U. S, Like most of the thousands of kids waiting to be processed in border patrol facilities and migrant shelters in Texas and other parts of the.
