Central Americans Freed By Border Patrol Depart For Destinations Around The U.S.

MCALLEN, TX - JULY 25: A Honduran mother reads her and her son's bus tickets at the Greyhound station before their trip to Louisiana on July 25, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. They had just been released by the U.S. Border Patrol after four days in detention and a 15 day trip from Honduras to illegally enter the United States. She said she was to join her husband, who has worked in New Orleans as a construction worker for the past year. Federal agencies have been overwhelmed by tens of thousands of immigrant families and unaccompanied minors from Central America crossing illegally into the United States. Many are being processed and released within days, with a requirement to enter immigration court proceedings at a later date. Texas' Rio Grande Valley has become the epicenter of the latest immigrant crisis, as more Central Americans enter from Mexico into that sector than any other stretch of America's 1,933 mile border with Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)