The 10-year-old boy from Nicaragua had woken as much as discover he had been deserted by his group.
He was travelling with out his household and was taken to a Customs and Border Patrol facility.
Migrant detention centres are over capability as US authorities wrestle sustain with an increase in unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border. Over 18,500 youngsters crossed the border in March, shattering earlier data.
