A dramatic turn of events between a Mexican mother and her son was recently reported to have been resolved with the help of U.S. Border Patrol agents. The incident where the mother lost her son and was found in the arms of another happened in light of the recent influx of immigrants trying to enter U.S. borders illegally, the Associated Press reports.

The news outlet said that an unnamed Mexican woman, who was struggling to scale a border fence near Douglas, was separated from her son because she allowed to pass her 15-month-old baby to a smuggler who promised her that the baby will be taken care of.

However, after incurring injuries, she was given the opportunity to be with her son again after U.S. Border Patrol agents on Wednesday found a woman from Guatemala holding a baby that wasn't hers. The baby, who turned out to be the child of the Mexican mother, was given back to her two hours after the search.

Border Patrol Spokesman Matthew Eisenhauer said via the publication that the Guatemalan woman was able to cross a lower fence into the U.S. borders and was later arrested by the agents stationed there.

The Mexican mother and son were returned safely to Mexico and were both in good health. Meanwhile, The Christian Science Monitor reports that the incident happened in the midst of thousands of immigrants from Central America trying to enter the U.S. borders for several reasons.

Mostly from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, the immigrants who are seeking refuge and political asylum are entrusting their families to smugglers to be able to get through undocumented.

This urged the Obama administration to create a new process in response to the outpour of undocumented immigrants who are trying to enter. The administration last Wednesday also revealed their new refugee resettlement program, according to the publication.

Secretary of State John Kerry revealed the alternative process during his speech at the National Defense University.

"I am pleased to announce plans to expand the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to help vulnerable families and individuals from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and offer them a safe and legal alternative to the dangerous journey many are currently tempted to begin, making them easy prey for human smugglers who have no interest but their own profits," Kerry said as quoted by the news outlet.

Furthermore, the news agency reports that President Barack Obama also authorized the State Department to use $70 million of their budget for the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to further respond to the influx.

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