FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context
- Experts assert that claims of over 300,000 missing migrant children lack context and stem from issues like missing paperwork, not an actual disappearance.
- An August report criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement for not effectively monitoring unaccompanied migrant children post-release.
- Carmen Hills from ICE noted the agency's agreement with recommendations for better information sharing but disagreed with the notion that children are missing.
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FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context - Seymour Tribune
Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have recently claimed that hundreds of thousands of migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied are missing, then criticized the border policies of the Biden administration and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, repeated the claim during Tuesday […]
Claims That More Than 300,000 Migrant Children Are Missing Lack Context
WASHINGTON – Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have recently claimed that hundreds of thousands of migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied are missing, then criticized the border policies of the Biden administration and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, repeated the claim during Tuesday night’s debate. “We have …
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