Two Mexican nationals were arraigned in the Western District of Texas after being extradited from Mexico to face charges for smuggling unaccompanied alien children into the United States.

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In November 2025, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched the Unaccompanied Alien Children Safety Verification Initiative in partnership with state and ...

A Mexican national was sentenced today to five years in prison for smuggling children into the United States from Mexico. According to court documents, Manuel Valenzuela, 35, and other members of an ...

The House Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held a roundtable on September 1, 2026, titled “Catch and Release, Lose and Forget: Addressing the Crisis of Unaccompanied Alien Children- Part III.” ...

For decades, HHS has contracted with legal service providers to handle court representation and mandated for the kids. Now it ...

On June 11, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin seemed close to tears as he described what the Trump administration has deemed the mass trafficking and abuse of children. Under ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Oct. 1 that it discovered significant fraud in a program, while under former President Joe Biden, that released unaccompanied illegal ...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a press conference at the White House, June 27, 2025. Photo: Molly Riley / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work Acting U.S.

The Trump administration has identified more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children in US government custody to be potentially removed from the country, according to Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. The ...