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Updated · Fox News · Jun 13
White House Says Democrats Would Gut ICE as 150,000 Migrant Children Remain Missing
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 13

White House Says Democrats Would Gut ICE as 150,000 Migrant Children Remain Missing

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 13

Summary

  • 146,000 migrant children missing during the Biden administration have been found since Trump took office, the White House said, while arguing Democrats now want to abolish ICE and cut rescue-related funding.
  • 150,000 children are still missing, according to the administration, and HHS data shows a backlog of more than 65,000 uninvestigated migrant child-trafficking reports.
  • Abigail Jackson cast Democratic calls to abolish ICE as a direct threat to child-recovery efforts, citing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's remarks that immigration law is civil law "like getting a parking ticket."
  • The administration says ICE has been central to locating trafficked and abused children, framing the issue as part of a broader fight over Biden-era border policies and Democratic support for mass migration.

Insights

What systemic changes are being made to stop migrant children from disappearing after being released from federal custody?
With a $4 billion budget cut, how will HHS investigate its 65,000 backlogged child trafficking reports?