Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, defended former President Donald Trump’s immigration record during an appearance on NBC and point
A Honduran parent on July 15, 2018, recounts his separation from his child at the U.S.-Mexico border during a news conference at the Annunciation House, in El Paso, Texas. The Trump administration had a 2018 policy that led to the separation of more than 5,500 children from their parents by immigration officials at the border when they crossed into the U.S. illegally.The Trump campaign pointed to data about children who came to the U.S. alone without a parent or guardian.
These examples are not equivalent. The Trump administration zero-tolerance policy meant that U.S. immigration officials separated children and parents who arrived at the border together. The children the Trump campaign is referring to did not come with parents or other relatives. The inspector general found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement transferred more than 448,000 unaccompanied children to Health and Human Services’ custody from fiscal years 2019 to 2023 . The inspector general report said ICE reported there were more than 32,000 unaccompanied minors who did not appear for their immigration court hearings during this period and that children"who do not appear for court are considered at higher risk for trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.
"The former is a problem of U.S. law generally, while the latter was a problem caused by Trump administration policies, such as prosecuting adult border crossers and placing their children with other adults," Margulies said.
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