Thousands Arrested By ICE After "Leads" From US Child Migrant Agency: Report

Internal government data reveals that the Office of Refugee Resettlement has shared over 460,000 leads with ICE since January 2025. This cooperation has led to the arrest of more than 12,000 individuals, including migrant families who were previously protected from such enforcement.
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This marks a significant shift in US immigration policy, effectively ending the historical separation between child welfare services and immigration enforcement.
Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the US border alone and spent more than half a year in a child migrant shelter while her mother, who was already in the country, worked to get her out.The two were finally reunited in late March."We were overjoyed," said Aurora, 24, who like others in this story spoke on the condition they be identified only by their first names.Days later, however, mother and daughter were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent to a family detention center in Texas, records show.They are among more than 12,000 people arrested by US immigration authorities following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement during President Donald Trump's second term, according to internal government data reviewed exclusively by Reuters.ORR was created in 1980 to resettle refugees fleeing war and persecution.
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