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Members of the White House and Trump administration are hitting back hard against “false reporting” from the mainstream media outlet, the Miami Herald, which alleged that the administration was targeting migrant foster children for deportations.
In a Wednesday article by the Miami Herald titled “Trump administration targets Florida foster kids, migrant youth for deportations,” the Miami Herald reported that the “Trump administration’s mass-deportation campaign is encircling vulnerable children who were previously off-limits — and squeezing the social welfare agencies tasked with caring for them.”
The outlet said that “since Donald Trump began his second term, his administration has directed immigration agents to target unaccompanied minors, moved to cut contracts that fund their legal representation and sent Homeland Security agents to homes where unaccompanied children are released to conduct welfare checks.”
The outlet also reported that the Trump administration is fast tracking deportations for minors who are documented victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment.
TRUMP DHS SUES ENTIRE BENCH OF FEDERAL JUDGES IN MARYLAND DISTRICT COURT OVER AUTOMATIC INJUNCTIONS
Left: Trump Border Czar Tom Homan. Right: A migrant carries his ICE paperwork after being dropped off at a church serving as a shelter for migrants who are seeking asylum, after they were released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on May 19, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images and Mario Tama/Getty Images)
“The new guidance leaves unprotected those children who lack the ability to apply for lawful permanent residency because visas aren’t available — at the very moment when there is a years-long backlog for green cards,” wrote the Miami Herald.
However, Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, quickly shot back against the Miami Herald’s accusations,…
