Perry Faults Obama for Rise in Illegal Immigrant Children

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is accusing the Obama administration of fueling a rise in the number of illegal immigrant children crossing the border -- and landing in the lap of state care.

In a letter to the President, Perry slams Obama's policies as perpetuating the rise in the number of Central American and Mexican children who are arriving on U.S. borders without parents and ending up costing border states millions.

He says that in the first six months of the fiscal year, some 5,200 minors were taken into U.S. custody without their parents, a 90 percent increase from the same time period last year. Perry warns that more children will be tempted to make the trek. He is calling for immediate repatriation of these unaccompanied children, the letter says.

Here is the full text of Perry's letter:

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