An unaccompanied Guatemalan alien child named Oscar, age 12, stands by a Border Patrol vehicle in Roma, Texas, on March 27, 2021. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)
Of the hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied alien children the Department of Health and Human Servicestransferred to sponsors between fiscal year 2019 and 2023, the majority were sent to 10 states, according to a new report.
More than 63,000 unaccompanied alien children were released to sponsors in Texas, according to a March Department of Homeland Security report, and more than 46,000 were sent to California. Sponsors in Florida came in third, receiving 43,811 children.
- Texas—63,039
- California—46,293
- Florida—43,811
- New York—33,582
- New Jersey—23,075
- Maryland—21,976
- Virginia—21,431
- Georgia—17,769
- North Carolina—17,032
- Tennessee—16,355
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Following extensive reporting and multiple congressional hearings on missing migrant children during the Biden administration, DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari conducted an audit “to determine [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s] ability to monitor the location and status of [unaccompanied alien children] once released or transferred from DHS and HHS’ custody.”
The Inspector General’s Office found that the location of thousands of illegal alien children remains unknown, and ICE cannot monitor the status of these children after they are released from government custody.
An unaccompanied Guatemalan alien child named Oscar, age 12, stands by a Border Patrol vehicle in Roma, Texas, on March 27, 2021. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty
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