Large Percentage of Unaccompanied Minors at the Border Are Missing | EWTN News Nightly

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Migrant encounters at the Southern Border are expected to jump dramatically after Title 42 goes away on Thursday. A large percentage are unaccompanied minors. A recent New York Times report claims the Biden Administration has lost track of thousands of them now living in the US. The report says the HHS has no idea where more than 85,000 unaccompanied migrant children are. They were supposed to be placed with relatives or sponsors, but lawmakers fear many of them have been trafficked for cheap labor, or sexually exploited. At a recent hearing, a Health and Human Services department whistle blower accused the US government of being a "middleman" in child trafficking. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra denied knowing that minors are in unsafe conditions, prompting Republican Senator Josh Hawley to demand the FBI investigate. He wrote to the FBI director saying in part, "The FBI must mount a full-scale effort to locate these missing children and to bring to justice the criminals who are holding them in modern-day slavery. The FBI must also investigate HHS and the Department of Homeland Security for their role in facilitating the exploitation of these children, in violation of the law." Roughly 340,000 unaccompanied minors have shown up at the the Southern Border since 2021, according to border patrol data. Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales reports. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf