Obama vows urgent action as children make perilous illegal journey into U.S. By Gustavo Valdes, Nick Valencia and Josh Levs
McAllen, Texas (CNN) -- In broad daylight, with no fear of being seen, a group of Honduran girls -- some as young as 14 -- cross illegally into the United States. Moments later, another group of Hondurans admits crossing the Rio Grande to get here, McAllen station, a border crossing into the United States. "Thank God nothing happened," they say of the perilous journey. Unlike other stories of illegal immigration across a porous border, these immigrants aren't sneaking in. They're showing up and announcing themselves. "We are seeing hundreds turning themselves in daily. And I mean hundreds at a time," said Chris Cabrera, a leader of the local chapter of the National Border Patrol Council, a labor union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents. "They know that once they get to the station, we are going to give them paperwork and we are going to set them free into the United States," Cabrera says. CNN
