Judicial Watch sues DHS for its records on locating, tracking unaccompanied minors

Judicial Watch on Monday announced that it sued the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month for its records on locating and tracking minors who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration.

The lawsuit, which was filed on Aug. 5, comes after DHS failed to respond to the government watchdog's Freedom of Information Act request earlier this year, regarding the administration's “Unaccompanied Alien Children Joint Initiative Field Implementation" memo, along with other relevant communication and material.

The department last month revealed that at least 230,000 unaccompanied minors came into the U.S. during the Biden administration and were subsequently lost. At least 10,000 migrant children were also placed with unvetted sponsors.

“The Biden administration failed to safeguard hundreds of thousands of illegal alien children it helped traffic into the United States,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. “Our lawsuit hopefully will get details on this mass human trafficking of alien children under the Biden administration.”

The  “Unaccompanied Alien Children Joint Initiative Field Implementation” memo was written by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in January, which created a joint initiative to track and locate missing unaccompanied minors in order to make sure they are not being trafficked. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.