Since 2019, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lost track of tens of thousands of illegal alien children released into the United States, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s inspector general found.
Inspector General Joseph Cuffari issued the alarming 18-page report, titled "Management Alert - ICE Cannot Monitor All Unaccompanied Migrant Children Released from DHS and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Custody," and sent his office's findings to Congress on Tuesday.
NEW: Scathing @DHSgov OIG report shows that ICE cannot always monitor what happens to unaccompanied minors after they are released from DHS/HHS custody and they’re missing court dates or don’t even have them—The report found that between 2019 and 2023, over 32K kids missed their… pic.twitter.com/Zkz5x5MRMR
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) August 20, 2024
According to the internal investigation assessing ICE's ability to monitor the whereabouts and welfare of children who had entered the United States illegally and arrived alone, the immigration enforcement agency cannot locate over 32,000 unaccompanied alien children (UACs) let into the country over a five-year period.
