Sara Carter: Biden border crisis -- young migrant’s dangerous journey is a reminder of failed US policies  

Standing on the edge of the American dream, sun setting behind him, he watched as others turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents. He was less than 200 feet from the United States, but the decision seemed far more impossible than the 1,600-plus miles he traveled from Honduras to get to the border. 

Dani is one of the lucky ones. Not every young adult or child makes it this far. In fact, that are no real numbers as to how many children have lost their lives on this dangerous journey. However, there are estimates that at least one-third of all migrants have been the victims of severe brutality or sexual violence, according to a study published Aug. 21, 2019, in the open-access journal "PLOS ONE."  All the migrants who crossed that day, including a man from as far away as India, walked through the open gap in the border fence.  It is a daunting statistic. For children traveling alone the estimates of abuse are believed to be much higher.