The Trump administration has been able to locate over 13,000 of the minors.
442 child migrant "sponsors" have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse or other crimes after the Biden administration allowed 450,000 illegal migrant children into the US without adult supervision. This comes as the Trump administration has been able to locate 13,000 of the minors that were allowed into the country under the border policies of the previous administration.
NewsNation's Ali Bradley reported, citing information from authorities, that 442 of the sponsors for the children so far have been arrested by ICE for being involved in suspected child abuse or other crimes.
Over 13,000 of the minors have been located by the Trump administration. The president pledged that DHS would be able to locate the hundreds of thousands of minors who were allowed into the country without any supervision from adults under Biden.
White House advisor Stephen Miller also addressed the number of children believed to have entered the country without an adult when speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity. "We now believe the true number of missing children that Joe Biden trafficked into the country, that the Democrats trafficked into the country, is 450,000, not 320,000," Miller said.
"The Democrats have committed crimes to which they can never be forgiven, Sean, and Donald Trump is cleaning it up," Miller added.
“The safety of children and ensuring they are reunited with their parents or safe guardian is [the] top priority of the Trump Administration, which stands in stark contrast to the nearly 300,000 migrant children that were lost under the Biden Administration,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in response to a report that said that the Trump administration has been moving to deport some of the minors, asking them if they want to voluntarily leave the US, per a report from CNN.
If a child agrees to leave the country, agents can assist them in their voluntary self-deportation and then ICE will pick them up within 72 hours to start the process. If they are not picked up within 72 hours, they are then referred to HHS. The policy applies to minors between the ages of 14 and 17, according to the outlet.
“This is a long-standing practice that was used by previous administrations to prioritize getting children back to the safety of a parent or legal guardian in their home country. The policy of offering unaccompanied alien children (UACs) the option to withdraw their application for admission into the U.S. is accredited in the Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022,” a DHS spokesman told reporters.
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