internationally, there needs to be cooperation. >> sreenivasan: daryl grisgraber, thanks for joining thank you. >> sreenivasan: officials in this country have also been dealing with a surge in illegal immigration this past year. most dramatically, when a wave of unaccompanied children and young adults flooded north across the u.s.-mexican border last spring and summer, many were detained and face possible deportation back to their home countries. but as special correspondent spencer michels reports, those who made it to american cities face other challenges in their new lives. >> reporter: nearly 100 miners who came to the u.s. without their parents make up about a quarter of the student body at oakland international high school in california. altogether, nearly 60,000 unaccompanied minors were caught at the border this year. most are from honduras, quat mall leand el salvador. protests both for and against the obama administration immigration policies great their arrival. when apprehended many claimed fear of gang violence and persecution in their home countries. so they were allowe