AG Miyares is raising alarms about the tens of thousands of missing migrant children being completely ignored by the Biden Administration. A recent federal report found unaccompanied migrant children are being released into unsafe situations, like human trafficking, and as many as 85,000 children are unaccounted for.
"Vulnerable unaccompanied minors are being dropped off in our cities and counties, and local social services and law enforcement agencies have no idea. How can they protect and check in on children they don't know are there? We must advance federal, state, and local collaboration in the face of this unprecedented, horrifying crisis. No child should experience the uncertainty and vulnerability that these children are facing."
–Attorney General Miyares
Currently federal policy does not require local governments – including local law enforcement and social services – to be notified when unaccompanied children are placed in their communities.
These policies must be revised to ensure
the welfare and safety of these vulnerable kids.
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