Deportations of unaccompanied minors tripled under Trump, ProPublica finds

newsJul 6, 202612519

A ProPublica analysis of ICE and court data found unaccompanied minors living in the U.S. are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of President Donald Trump’s first term. ProPublica also found immigration judges issued more than 10,000 removal and voluntary departure orders each month for immigrant minors who migrated alone or with relatives, a rate nearly four times higher than in Trump’s last term. The vast majority of unaccompanied minors removed last year had no criminal history in the United States, according to ICE data. ProPublica illustrates the change with the case of 18-year-old Elder Chavez, who was arrested in Alabama for a traffic stop, placed in Winn Correctional Center and told by an officer that his Special Immigrant Juvenile Status documents were “of no use to me.” Reporters say the shifts follow the administration’s mass deportation campaign and systematic rollbacks of policies that had given immigrant minors access to legal counsel and relief from deportation. Before the administration’s changes, Chavez and similar minors would often have been ticketed and allowed to return to family rather than funneled into detention and removal proceedings.

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NEW: A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency.

2892h ago

msdavinci.bsky.social4

They only target the most vulnerable, you don’t see ICE in actual gang areas, just churches and schools, Home Depots.

thrasher62.bsky.social3

In so many ways, Trump v2.0 is much worse🤬

Cats Are Better Than Men Because1

'deported'. Sure. Our president is a pedophile. Do you really think he's sending those kids back home?

Mica Rosenberg

@micarosenberg.bsky.social

When 18-year-old Elder Chavez was pulled over for going 15 mph over the limit, he tried to show officers docs the US govt granted him after his parents abandoned him in Honduras and he crossed the border alone. He was put in ICE detention anyway. 🧵 1/ www.propublica.org/article/unac...

2062h ago

Mica Rosenberg46

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, my colleague @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social and I found that young people living in the U.S. who entered as unaccompanied minors, like Elder, are being detained and deported at about 3x the rate as during the final years of the first Trump presidency 2/

strea3m.bsky.social

@strea3m.bsky.social

🤡's regime: Unaccompanied minors are falling into various dangerous & unsavory situations. Their solution? Round them up & send them off to who knows what even faster. But they're 'protecting kids'🙄 "If you’re worried about the welfare of kids, stop rounding kids up & trying to deport them”🎯

131h ago

White House Watchdog

@whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social

Under Trump's leadership, the rate of unaccompanied minors being detained and removed from the U.S. has tripled since his first presidency, highlighting a shift in immigration enforcement policies.

12h ago

carpenter22.bsky.social

@carpenter22.bsky.social

These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled. www.propublica.org/article/unac...

22h ago

San Antonio Current

@sacurrent.bsky.social

Immigration rights experts worry that the recent inquiry is the latest sign Trump is interested in transferring unaccompanied minors to the state, where it is easier to quickly deport them.

122h ago

Kai🌼🌿

@plantmutual.bsky.social

Also Amentum has a 75BILLION dollar ceiling contract with the dept of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Settlement and provides facilities for unaccompanied refugee minors. I don't understand enough legalese to say for sure but like... that's putting kids in cages right?

22h ago

Aimai

@aimaiami.bsky.social

Holy shit this story! This is the reason we support ProPublica because they are the only ones doing this in depth reporting. And what this story reveals is heart breaking.

214h ago

Tim Hirschel-Burns

@timhirschelburns.bsky.social

(Nyagoa's story was originally reported by ProPublica here www.propublica.org/article/usai... You can read my compilation of stories like hers here timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-people...)

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VeronicaAG

@veronicatess.bsky.social

How many children are now being held in detention centers? Unaccompanied minors are moved after a few days to Department of Health and Human Services, run by the in-competent RFK Jr. This is all being directed and overseen by a pedophile president. What could possibly go wrong with this system?

11h ago

Bela [AKA CarolHTucker, beladona Memorial, NeoBela, Belamomma]

@belamomma.bsky.social

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status was a bipartisan decision. ICE has overturned it www.propublica.org/article/unac...

1h ago

Citizai

@citiz.ai

With deportations of immigrant minors tripling, US citizens should consider advocating for policy reforms that protect vulnerable populations. www.propublica.org/article/unac...

3h ago

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