President Donald Trump’s administration orders immigration agents to find unaccompanied migrant children in the United States, a familiar source told ABC News.
An internal document of immigration and customs and application (ICE), less than the “implementation of the joint initiative of unaccompanied children,” said the initiative claims to prevent children from being trafficking in human beings or other types of exploitation.
There are more than 600,000 migrant children who have crossed the American-Mexican border without a legal tutor or parent since 2019, according to government data.
The initiative, according to the familiar source, claims to ensure that migrant children are not victims of the trafficking of human beings or victims of other forms of exploitation. The plan, which presents four implementation phases, said that minors would be reported an opinion to appear before the immigration court or expelled – if expulsion orders were pending against them.
Ice has collected data on unaccompanied minors and sorted them into three groups: “risk of theft”, “public security” and “border security”. The agents were invited to prioritize minors of “risk of theft”, including those who have received expulsion orders for the hearings of the missed court, said the source about the internal document.
The members of the Texas National Guard supported the guard near the border wall between Mexico and the United States, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 14, 2025.
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The Trump administration’s decision comes after the Republicans said last year that the Biden administration “lost 300,000” migrant children – an expert figure and defenders say no context.
Last year, the statements come from an internal DHS surveillance report which revealed that the ice had not served the opinions of more than 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children. The internal guard dog has warned that over the past five years, more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children have not appeared for their hearings of the immigration court, and Ice was unable “Of all their locations.
“The unique needs of children require the administration to ensure a level of care that takes into account their vulnerability while determining if they need long-term protection in the United States,” said Wendy Young, President Children needing defense in a statement to ABC News.
“To succeed in its objectives, the government must associate with legal service providers and the vast network of professional partners in the private sector who provide millions of dollars in free legal services to guarantee that children understand the process and can Share their reasons to request security in the United States.
Reuters First reported the content of the internal ice document.
