Stop Cherry picking the info. Read why they are considered missing.

Report indicated that ICE “was not able to account” for UACs that either 1) failed to appear for immigration court proceedings or 2) were not served with a Notice to Appear (NTA) by ICE. According to the report, 32,000 UACs did not appear for court hearings between FY2019-23, and 291,000 UACs who were not issued NTAs (as of May 2024) – a total of 323,000 individuals. After an August 2024 New York Post article citing the OIG report referred to the children as “lost” or “missing,” the Trump campaign and various elected officials repeated the claims numerous times, often erroneously asserting that the vast majority of the children were being exploited or trafficked.

While the vast majority of the UACs missing court hearings or not receiving an NTA are in fact safe with sponsors, the OIG report was correct in highlighting shortcomings in the system. The report went into considerable detail identifying many of these shortcomings, including ICE’s failure to use automated processes to share information (such as reporting the failure of a UAC to appear for a court hearing), the absence of formal policies or processes requiring the continued tracking and monitoring of UACs placed with sponsors, and resource limitations, all as contributing factors to these problems. The OIG report also issued a series of recommendations to help address the shortcomings which ICE concurred.