Over 10,000 undocumented children have been apprehended along the border with Mexico in the last two months, new data reveals.

According to the U.S. Border and Customs Protection, the number of apprehensions recorded between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 increased by 106 percent compared to the same period last year.

In 2014, The White House expressed concern over the increase in minors coming to the U.S. without adults. "These children are some of the most vulnerable, and many become victims of violent crime or sexual abuse along the dangerous journey," a White House statement read.

NBC News reports that changes meant to address the increased flow of migrant minors in the U.S. have been made. Over 150 additional Border Patrol agents were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, an area where the highest number of underage migrants are typically found.

According to Wendy Young, president of the Washington-based advocacy group Kids in Need of Defense, smugglers have gotten wise to the changes in border patrol tactics. "The smugglers have adjusted their routes and they're working around those border control points that the Mexicans have put in place, finding new routes," said Young.

Young believes the factors that would compel a family to send their children on a dangerous and illegal trip to the U.S. must be profound. "There has to be some reason why people want to leave their home countries, particularly with kids," explained Young. "Families are making that incredibly heartbreaking decision to say if I'm going to protect my child from this, I'm going to have to send them out, because the governments are too weak or too corrupt to control the violence."

The child migrants crossing into the U.S. via Mexico hail from countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The White House has blamed the instability in Central America for the increase in underage migrants. Many of these nations have some of the highest crime rates in the hemisphere.