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.
President Trump has directed ICE to track and deport hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., as per an internal memo titled the 'Unaccompanied Alien Children Joint Initiative Field Implementation.' ICE agents are instructed to prioritize 'flight risks,' public safety threats, and border security, ensuring children aren't trafficking victims before deportation. The administration is expanding access to ORR's database to target sponsor households, amid Trump's pressure to increase arrests due to low numbers.
