I am looking for my mom.

Deirdre Reilly reports at LifeZette about our Border Patrol saving the life of a 6-year-old child.

‘This is something our people encounter on a daily basis,’ Border Patrol chief told the First Lady during Arizona visit.

…There may be no better story than this one to illustrate the challenges our country faces as illegal immigrants or smugglers (or both) try anything they can to penetrate the U.S. border unlawfully — and cruelly use children in the process.

Immediately before her briefing with members of Customs and Border Protection in Tucson this past Thursday, first lady Melania Trump asked officials how often agents see children trying to cross the Arizona border alone.

Rodolfo Karisch, chief of the Tucson sector of the Border Patrol, had photos and a heartrending story that had taken place only the week before, on June 19, according to the Border Patrol’s press release, AZ Central reported.

That day, a child was found by himself in the scorching desert.

In a photo taken by the agent who spotted him, the boy is shown sitting by himself on a berm alongside a dirt road. It was 101 degrees that day, but the child was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

The little boy carried a large backpack and a zippered tote, reported AZ Central. He also carried a plastic Coke bottle that was less than a quarter full — the only drink he had. He had no food at the time Border Control rescued him.

Karisch told the first lady the details of how the boy was abandoned on the side of the road with the note pinned to him, and said his office had put out a press release about the incident, since it seemed to encapsulate all of the dangers on the border.

“This is something that our people encounter on a daily basis,” Karisch told Melania Trump.

The note pinned to the six-year-old, traveling alone, read, in English: “I am looking for my mom.”

Read more here.