A DHS document does not declare 320,000 kids missing.
One of the most talked about issues throughout the 2024 election season was immigration and border control. Social media posts online claim thousands of migrant children have gone missing during Joe Biden’s term as president.
During the vice presidential debate in October, Vice President-elect JD Vance claimed there are “320,000 children that DHS has effectively lost.” President-elect Donald Trump made similar remarks throughout his campaign, including at an Arizona rally where he claimed “325,000 migrant children are gone, they’re missing.”
Multiple VERIFY readers have asked us if that statistic is accurate.
THE QUESTION
Did 320,000 migrant children go missing under the Biden Administration?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
The Department of Homeland Security reported in August that it was unable to monitor the locations of approximately 320,000 migrant children who were released from federal custody, but the report did not declare the kids were missing.
WHAT WE FOUND
The 320,000 number that Vance …
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