Care for children who grow up in poverty: Your Say Interactive

Of the 404 unaccompanied migrant children interviewed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 50% (277) fled their country for the U.S. because of violence. And, last year 17,240 migrant children from Mexico alone were apprehended at the border.

This growing influx of children crossing illegally into the U.S., unaccompanied by an adult, has forced a new national conversation on what should be done with members of the U.S. undocumented population.

Take a look above at the statistics on migrant children from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, and the national conversation on what should be done about the undocumented. Then take a look at the responses from our readers, and weigh in with your thoughts in the interactives below:

These children grow up with poverty and violence. Take care of them, and find families willing to adopt.

—@JeffOstach

Campaign worldwide to intensify states on the uselessness of child labor.

—@EzekielChumba2

We need to stop the influx of undocumented immigrants. This country is way too far in debt to pay for them to stay here.

—@RobertB84479905

If they have both parents here, they should stay. If not, they should be sent back.

—@OnealBilly

Help them with what they may need. Find a way to assist the best we can.

—@SMazoff

They are breaking the law and should be immediately deported.

—@SWolf298

Keep these children safe in foster homes.

—@RosiGuillen1

Simply let them grow up as responsible American citizens and contribute to the development of this country with their ingenuity. They will have a bright future.

—@Bawoo63

Enforcing the already established immigration laws would be a start.

—@LuvLager