A shocking new report based on Health and Human Services data reveals that since 2012, the United States has squandered an astounding $13 billion sponsoring unaccompanied minors at the border. This crisis has reached unprecedented levels, with over 150,000 unaccompanied minor encounters recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2022 alone, a record high. Despite generous taxpayer funding, alarming reports indicate that as many as 85,000 unaccompanied minors are missing and unaccounted for by the federal government. The chaos on America’s southern border has resulted in a human catastrophe, inflicting untold harm upon tens of thousands of defenseless children. The federal infrastructure designed to provide for these children and ensure their safety has proven woefully incompetent.
