Two children were found abandoned at the southern border with a note to give to authorities.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Chris Olivarez said two young girls were recovered at Eagle Pass. The children, ages, 5 and 9, were from El Salvador.
More than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children (UC) did not show up for immigration court hearings over the last five years, Fox News reported, citing information from the DHS Office of Inspector General.
“During our ongoing audit to assess ICE’s ability to monitor the location and status of UCs who were released or transferred from the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), we learned ICE transferred more than 448,000 UCs to HHS from fiscal years 2019 to 2023,” the IG’s report said.
“However, ICE was not able to account for the location of all UCs who were released by HHS and did not appear as scheduled in immigration court. ICE reported more than 32,000 UCs failed to appear for their immigration court hearings from FYs 2019 to 2023,” the report noted.
Last month, a 10-year-old boy was found at the U.S. southern border alone, believed to be left by smugglers. The child claimed that his mother was already in the United States.
A young girl around 2 years old was also found with a piece of paper displaying a phone number and a name. When asked if she entered the United States by herself, the little girl nodded. She held up two fingers for her age.
