Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation

Published September 18, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates

The Trump administration has started sending a majority of undocumented children who came to the US alone and have new immigration court cases to Texas, where government facilities for them are unlicensed, their chances of getting a lawyer are low and advocates fear that “a deportation churn-out factory” awaits them, the Guardian has learned.

Details

Almost 80% of children in federal custody who arrived unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian and who were placed in immigration court proceedings in July – and over 90% in August – have been funneled into shelter networks somewhere in Texas, a dramatic upswing from the months prior, according to analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian from researchers at the immigration data insights platform bklg.org.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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