13,000 Children Abandoned by the United States Government

Of the 90,000 Mexican children deported in 2008, 13,500 of them were dumped across the border but never reconnected with their parents or legal guardians. Many of the children have resort to begging to earn money to get back across to family. And abandonment occurs on both sides of the border: for every three adults deported, one child is left abandoned in the U.S.

Uncle Sam is one cruel bastard to el niños.