June 13, 2025
Betraying the children
By Kevin Finn
Everyone knows that getting between an animal and its young is losing prospect. Bear cubs, elk calves and the like are cute but it’s best to admire them from a safe distance. So it’s puzzling that some human parents would willingly send their young children off alone across hostile terrain to a foreign country where they hope they’ll somehow be united with distant family members or “sponsors.” It’s also puzzling that the reports of hundreds of thousands of young immigrant children who have gone missing in the U.S. in recent years isn’t receiving more attention.
A 2024 Inspector General report revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed to track approximately 300,000 unaccompanied immigrant children, raising alarms about their safety. Republicans argue this reflects failures in the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies, citing the risk of exploitation, including sex trafficking and forced labor. Democrats contend the “missing” label is misleading, as many children may be living safely with family or sponsors.
The DHS report, published in August 2024, found that ICE did not issue court notices to 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children between 2019 and May 2024, making them “unaccounted for” in the system. The report notes that children who miss court dates are at higher risk of trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor due to the lack of monitoring. Critics, including Senator Marsha Blackburn,(R-TN) are pressing DHS and ICE for answers on what they call a “dereliction of duty.” Blackburn and others argue that lax border policies under the Biden-Harris administration have enabled cartels and traffickers to exploit vulnerable children, with some estimates suggesting up to 320,000 children are untracked.
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