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July 28, 2026
ICE Arrests Families After Expanded Data Sharing on Migrant Children
- Over 12,000 individuals arrested by ICE following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which shared over 460,000 leads with ICE since the policy shift.
- The policy change has reversed previous protections that separated child welfare from immigration enforcement, leading to increased fears among families.
- Families like Aurora's face detention and deportation shortly after being reunited with their children, highlighting the impact of the new policy.
2 Sources
- Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agencyJul 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM · Reuters
- Trump’s child migrant agency shared tips that led to 12,000 ICE arrestsJul 29, 2026 at 6:47 AM · Independent