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Trump Directs ICE to Track Down 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Migrant Children Who Came To US Without Their Parents
Immigration enforcement officers have been directed to track down and deport migrant children who arrived in the United States without their parents.
It comes amid heightened pressures to reach President Trump's lofty deportation targets as part of his election commitment to solve America's immigration crisis.
According to an internal memo seen by Reuters, agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will now direct their focus to unaccompanied minors.
The memo cited a 'planning phase' to begin on January 27, followed by three more phases of implementation, to begin at an unspecified date.
More than 600,000 immigrant children have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without a parent or legal guardian since 2019, according to government data.
According to an internal memo seen by Reuters , agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will now direct their focus to unaccompanied minors
Trump tells ICE to track down 'hundreds of thousands' of migrant kids
It comes amid heightened pressures to reach President Trump's lofty deportation targets as part of his election commitment to solve America's immigration crisis.
