A Fox News host's claim that 300,000 migrant children are missing in the U.S. is misleading and unsupported by evidence. A Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found that while over 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear for immigration court dates, this does not necessarily mean they are missing. Experts argue that the term 'missing' is inappropriate and that these children may be at a different address or seeking legal assistance.
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, seen in this 2018 file photo served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Trump's first term. An August 2024 Department of Homeland Security inspector general report said about 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear for immigration court dates. That includes children from October 2018 through September 2023, which spans two presidential administrations.
In a Jan. 24 segment about Trump’s deportation efforts, Harris Faulkner, co-host of"Outnumbered," a Fox News talk show, said border czar Tom Homan told her that a"second wave" will focus on what she said was 300,000 missing migrant children.."They’ve found about 75 to 80,000 of those kids already.
The report does not describe those children as missing, but said children who don’t appear in court are considered"at higher risk for trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor." The 32,000 figure could be higher, the report said, because of the agency’s failure to issue"notices to appear" to 291,000 children.
Consulting those agencies"would have immediately helped the IG learn more about the children with incomplete ICE records," Beier said, using abbreviations for the inspector general and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Canizales said she has not yet seen federal government data that supports Faulkner's statement that 75,000 to 80,000 missing children were found.
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