Why isn't this news? 300 thousand kids trafficked by the biden admin

Glad you asked. It's because it never happened. But MAGA do not check, they regurgitate.

The claim that 300,000 migrant children disappeared under the Biden administration is inaccurate and misleading.

The figure comes from a misinterpretation of a 2024 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (OIG) report concerning unaccompanied migrant minors. While the report detailed serious record-keeping issues, it did not state that the children were missing or had disappeared.

The origin of the claim

The claim that 300,000 migrant children disappeared under the Biden administration stems from a specific August 2024 report from the DHS OIG. The report contained two key findings that have been mischaracterized:

Missing paperwork, not missing children. A total of 291,000 unaccompanied children who entered the U.S. between fiscal year 2019 and May 2024 were never served a Notice to Appear (NTA) for an immigration court date. Around half of this period occurred during the Trump administration. According to immigration experts, this is a "paperwork problem," not a "missing kids problem".

Missed court dates. The same report found that 32,000 unaccompanied children missed their immigration court dates between fiscal years 2019 and 2023.

The report did not specify which administration was in charge for the majority of these missed dates. Unanswered calls to sponsors do not mean a child is missing; experts note that they may not answer for a variety of reasons, including fear of government authorities.