{"id":2463188,"date":"2025-07-17T19:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-tracks-down-7500-missing-immigrant-children\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:42:51","slug":"trump-administration-tracks-down-7500-missing-immigrant-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-tracks-down-7500-missing-immigrant-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration tracks down 7,500 missing immigrant children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-tracks-down-7500-missing-immigrant-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance has successfully tracked down and made contact with 7,500 unaccompanied immigrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone and were previously considered untraceable after being released into the United States.This effort was carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee resettlement, which is responsible for placing these children with adult sponsors. Many of the children had been lost due to incomplete or incorrect contact information at the time of their release. Among those located, 100 children were identified through Department of Homeland Security investigations related to criminal matters, where some were found to be victims.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement contrasts with prior claims by former President Trump about &#8220;missing&#8221; children numbers, which had conflated different groups of unaccompanied minors. By the end of the Biden administration, over 500,000 unaccompanied children had crossed the border, with the vast majority released to sponsors within the U.S. Notably, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-20000-illegal-queries-of-campaign-donors-by-intel-agencies-draws-bipartisan-anger\/\" title=\"20K illegal donor queries by intel agencies anger both parties.\">2023 report revealed<\/a> that more than 85,000 children released during Biden&#8217;s first two years could not be contacted for follow-up due to lost or inaccurate information.Additionally, a Department of Homeland Security inspector general report identified that 31,000 children were released to sponsors with untraceable or incomplete addresses.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article highlights ongoing challenges related<\/a> to tracking unaccompanied migrant children and differentiates among various figures cited in political discourse, emphasizing the complexity of managing and safeguarding the well-being of these vulnerable populations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div 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id=\"Brid_2171359\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration has made contact with 7,500 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unaccompanied-minors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">unaccompanied minors<\/a> who were deemed untraceable after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border<\/a> alone and were released into the United States, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the year, the government has reached out to more than 7,500 unaccompanied immigrant children through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Health and Human<\/a> Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, the federal agency that detains and places each child with an adult sponsor in the U.S. after they cross the border, the White House told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472133\/house-lawmakers-immigration-reform-dignity-act\/\">House lawmakers make urgent plea to pass immigration reform with Dignity Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3474234\/treasury-tren-de-aragua-sanctioned-gang-leaders\/\">Trump administration sanctions Tren de Aragua leader: &#8216;Make America Safe Again&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3473101\/biden-former-border-adviser-mocked-for-offering-advice-on-reform\/\">Biden&rsquo;s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-former-border-adviser-mocked-for-offering-advice-on-reform\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s former ... adviser mocked for offering advice on reform\">border adviser mocked<\/a> for offering advice on reform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Trump administration contacted the children and their sponsors in person at their residence or through a site visit. The 7,500 children were originally lost because of incomplete or inaccurate contact information originally provided at the time of their release to the HHS.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 7,500 contacted, 100 of those children were reached by Department of Homeland Security investigators who found the children through federal investigations into criminal matters, where some of the children were determined to be victims.<\/p>\n<p>The contacts represent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-house-passes-1-9-trillion-stimulus-bill-two-dems-vote-against-it\/\" title=\"Democrat...Controlled House Passes .9 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Two Dems Vote Against It\">significant step forward<\/a> for Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-press-gaggle-before-marine-one-departure-july-11-2025\/#14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">claimed<\/a> in July that 300,000 children who came over the border alone were &ldquo;missing&rdquo; and that 10,000 children had been found. However, Trump&rsquo;s descriptions have conflated two different immigrant child populations.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the Biden administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/2903688\/bidens-border-half-million-unaccompanied-immigrant-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">more than 500,000 children<\/a> had crossed the border without a parent, a staggering figure that far outpaced any previous administration. Roughly 90% of all children were released to adults within the U.S., with the exception of children who were Canadian, Mexican, and some Central American countries.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?536217-1\/president-trump-speaks-turning-point-action-town-hall-arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> as a candidate in 2024 that then-President Joe Biden had lost 88,000 children, a reference to a 2023 <em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/becerra-hhs-responsibility-unaccompanied-migrant-children-forced-labor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;that more than 85,000 children released in the first two years of the Biden administration were unable to be contacted when the HHS attempted to follow-up with the children and their sponsors. That figure is accurate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3425050\/biden-failed-investigate-65000-reports-concern-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-grassley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BIDEN FAILED TO INVESTIGATE 65,000 INTERNAL REPORTS OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN POSSIBLE DANGER: GRASSLEY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance separately <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-misinformation-migrant-children-missing-7ab0cea2fd2238346197429e952baa8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">claimed<\/a> during a 2024 debate that 320,000 children had been lost after crossing the border. This figure referred to a different subset of immigrant children: those who were let into the U.S. between 2019 and 2023 and not yet given a date by federal authorities to appear in immigration court, which effectively rendered them unaccounted for, but not because of inadequate paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>HHS was named in a March DHS inspector general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oig.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/2025-03\/OIG-25-21-Mar25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a> as having released 31,000 children to sponsors with incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise untraceable addresses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2171359\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2171359\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump admin locates 7,500 unaccompanied border children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP21173553639143-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3813,42028,33702,3634,32640],"class_list":["post-2463188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-immigration","tag-migrant-crisis","tag-missing-children","tag-trump","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP21173553639143-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2463192,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463188\/revisions\/2463192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}