Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.

He was five years old when his mother left him. Now he is almost another person.

Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."

Children from Central America have been making that journey, often without their parents, for two decades.

What do the excerpts have in common?

Both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents.
Both describe what immigrant children must do to survive when traveling to the United States.
Both explain why most children want to leave Central America without their parents.
Both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in Central America must face.