The Trump administration is extending its crackdown on undocumented migrants to include unaccompanied minors, directly contradicting its claims of prioritizing the protection of vulnerable groups. A memo reveals that ICE will track such children to potentially expedite deportation if ordered. Over 600,000 unaccompanied children crossed the border since 2019, with reports indicating that authorities have lost track of around 32,000. While plans to expedite legal proceedings for these children have been proposed, concerns rise about the implications of reducing their legal protections, thus increasing their susceptibility to exploitation and trafficking.
"The government's focus on tracking undocumented children contradicts its stated priority of protecting the vulnerable, as seen in its directive to expel unaccompanied minors."
"According to reports, more than 600,000 children have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied since 2019, with authorities losing track of thousands of them."
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