An insane new report reveals the Biden administration has lost nearly 300,000 children - count them, 300,000 - that crossed the U.S. border illegally, only to be sent to sponsors somewhere in the United States.
Well, we think we sent them to sponsors. We aren’t actually sure where they ended up. Could be with a family member. Could be a sweatshop.
Could be a sex trafficking ring. Who knows?
According to the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, the number of kids the Biden administration has lost track of after ushering them across the border has ballooned from 88,000 in 2021 to an estimated 290,000 by the end of FY2023.
The OIG reported that “ICE transferred more than 448,000 [Unaccompanied Children] to HHS from fiscal years 2019 to 2023. However, ICE was not able to account for the location of all UCs who were released by HHS and did not appear as scheduled in immigration court.”
“As of May 2024, ICE had not served [Notices to Appear] on more than 291,000 UCs who therefore do not yet have an immigration court date,” the report continued, meaning there are nearly 300,000 illegal alien minors in the United States without documentation, but who haven’t even been ordered to appear in court to have their cases adjudicated, and whose whereabouts are unknown.
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Because they aren't giving illegal alien kids Notices to Appear before releasing them into the country, "ICE limits its chances of having contact with UCs when they are released from HHS’ custody, which reduces opportunities to verify their safety. Without an ability to monitor the location and status of UCs, ICE has no assurance UCs are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor," the OIG bluntly stated.
On top of that, the OIG found that between FY2019 and 2023, more than 32,000 UCs who were given Notices to Appear failed to show up for their immigration court hearings - meaning they’re currently in the country without any lawful status whatsoever, and we have absolutely no clue where they are.
Nor, apparently, does the Biden administration appear to care.
“Even though HHS is responsible for the care and custody of UCs, ICE did not always inform HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) when UCs failed to appear in immigration court after release from HHS’ custody. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers at only one of the eight field offices we visited stated they attempted to locate the UCs,” the OIG found.