{"id":2600724,"date":"2026-05-09T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-as-democrat-xavier-becerra-calls-migrant-kids-lost-under-his-watch-maga-talking-point\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:14:57","slug":"watch-as-democrat-xavier-becerra-calls-migrant-kids-lost-under-his-watch-maga-talking-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-as-democrat-xavier-becerra-calls-migrant-kids-lost-under-his-watch-maga-talking-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch As Democrat Xavier Becerra Calls Migrant Kids Lost Under His Watch MAGA Talking Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-as-democrat-xavier-becerra-calls-migrant-kids-lost-under-his-watch-maga-talking-point%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=2600724&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>biden-era HHS official Xavier Becerra pushed back on claims that his department lost track of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-3k-unaccompanied-alien-children-being-held-in-dhs-custody\/\" title=\"More than 3K unaccompanied alien children being held in DHS custody\">unaccompanied migrant children<\/a> after they crossed the U.S. southern border. During a California gubernatorial debate, Becerra\u2019s opponent, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, challenged him directly-citing reports that HHS failed to reach or \u201clost immediate contact\u201d with more than 85,000 children-and accused Becerra of covering up or enabling the exploitation and harm described in a New York Times inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra responded that those figures were false assertions promoted by Republicans and said he and the agency protected children rather than allowing abuse. The exchange escalated into disputes over prior warnings and criticism from Democratic lawmakers who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >condemned alleged labor exploitation<\/a> of migrant children.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Biden-era cabinet official Xavier Becerra claimed that reports of migrant children being lost under his watch were \u201clies\u201d by President Donald Trump \u2014 after he was pressed on them by a fellow Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/skateboarding-champ-set-to-represent-u-s-in-olympics-charged-for-allegedly-hosting-covid-super-spreader-party-in-l-a\/\" title=\"Skateboarding Champ Set To Represent U.S. In Olympics Charged For Allegedly Hosting COVID \u2018Super-Spreader\u2019 Party In L.A.\">leading candidate<\/a> to become California\u2019s next governor according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000019d-dbd7-d2f5-abdf-dbd7a8ff0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cadem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FINAL-CA-Voter-Index-Tracking-Survey-III-Topline-05.03.26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polls<\/a> \u2014 served as former President Joe Biden\u2019s Secretary of Health and Human Services during which his department reportedly lost track of thousands of unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.\u2019 southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra\u2019s opponent in the June 2 primary, former Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, pressed the ex-HHS secretary on the lost children during KNBC\u2019s California gubernatorial debate Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>After Becerra mentioned that he is \u201cproud\u201d of his \u201cpublic service\u201d while attacking Republican candidate Steve Hilton during a spat on the state\u2019s homelessness crisis, Villaraigosa interjected, \u201cMr. Becerra, are you proud that you pushed out 85,000 migrant children?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were, according to The New York Times, they were maimed, they were exploited,\u201d Becerra\u2019s fellow Democrat added. \u201cSome were even killed. You said those are MAGA talking points, it\u2019s a MAGA hoax. Tell that to the children who died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I\u2019m not sure what that had to do with homelessness but <em>calmate<\/em>, Antonio, <em>calmate<\/em>,\u201d Becerra initially replied to Villaraigosa, telling him to \u201ccalm down\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The two Democrats then began to speak over each other before moderator Colleen Williams gave Becerra 30 seconds to respond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump lied about that, this whole situation with the migrant kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York Times lied?\u201d Villaraigosa jumped in, referring to the outlet\u2019s February 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/25\/us\/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> that the HHS under Becerra was unable to reach more than 85,000 migrant children and \u201clost immediate contact\u201d with one in three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me finish Antonio, thank you,\u201d the former secretary added. \u201cDonald Trump campaigned against our Democratic candidate Kathleen \u2014 I mean Kamala Harris, Vice President in 2024, using these lies. In 2026, now you have candidates like Antonio and [Democratic gubernatorial candidate] Tom Steyer using these very lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were lies when Trump said them 20 years ago,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey are lies today. We protected kids. We did not let them be abused. Those were the employers. But stop lying. Facts are the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-six Democrats condemned it, they said it was outrageous that he pushed kids out \u2026 put them on an assembly line, get them out of here,\u201d Villaraigosa said referring to a May 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/116285\/documents\/HMTG-118-IF02-20230726-SD016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> sent to Becerra signed by many left-wing Democratic lawmakers including Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe write to voice our deep concerns about the horrendous labor exploitation of migrant children that was recently documented in an ongoing investigative series by the New York Times,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in the letter. \u201cThe articles contain disturbing firsthand accounts of children who have suffered from forced labor, trafficking, and abuse after being released from the custody of the [HHS\u2019] Office of Refugee Resettlement. These reports demand comprehensive changes to HHS policies to put an end to the exploitation of migrant children and ensure accountability for those who engage in this abhorrent practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becerra\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Steyer and Hilton, Becerra has been one of the top polling candidates in the gubernatorial race after the previous frontrunner, disgraced former Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell, withdrew his bid and resigned from Congress in the wake of sexual assault allegations from multiple women.<\/p>\n<p>Before serving as HHS Secretary, Becerra spent four years as California Attorney General, succeeding Harris in that role, and previously represented a Los Angeles-based House seat for 24 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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