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A video posted to social media by a Texas lieutenant in the Department of Public Safety shows a young girl at the U.S.-Mexico border standing alone. She has traveled from El Salvador, and holds just a Post-It note with a phone number on it. "How old are you?" a trooper asks. The girl holds up two fingers. A second video posted by the same lieutenant shows 60 migrant children who journeyed by themselves to the U.S. arriving in Eagle Pass, Texas. Another image shows an accused smuggler running across the border with a 5-year-old in his arms, reportedly paid to bring the girl to her mother already in the states. The Texas Department of Public Safety, under Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, openly supports President-elect Donald Trump's push to dramatically tighten immigration. Lt. Chris Olivarez began posting photos and videos of child migrants around the time Tom Homan, Trump's point-person on the border, visited Eagle Pass. "I guarantee some are in forced labor, some are in sex trades," Homan said. "We're going to save those children." RELATED STORY | Trump announces former acting ICE Director Tom Homan as new 'border czar' The arrival of unaccompanied minors is not a new phenomenon. Thousands have journeyed across the Mexican border each year, including during the first Trump term, according to a Scripps News review of data from the Department of Health and Human Services. The flow of unaccompanied minors, however, reached record highs during the first years of the Biden administration, as undocumented immigration soared. The numbers have fallen since 2022 but remain elevated today. The federal government tries to quickly place child migrants with a sponsor already in the country, usually a parent or other close family member. The sponsor pledges to care for the minor while ensuring they go through immigration proceedings. However, it is an approach that does not always work. RELATED STORY | Trump's mass deportation plan targets specific groups of immigrants A 2023 joint investigation by Scripps News and the Center for Public Integrity found many children end up disappearing from their sponsor homes. Thousands of unaccompanied minors run away, some winding up in dangerous illegal child labor jobs, or worse. "They've simply vanished into a dark underworld of sex and drug trafficking, forced labor, gang activity and crime," said Rep. Tom McClintock, R-California, during a November congressional hearing. McClintock and other Republicans say the Department of Health and Human Services is to blame for failing to properly vet sponsors. A 2023 report by a Florida grand jury obtained by Scripps News found some sponsor addresses were in fact empty lots or a strip club. One address listed 44 kids assigned to it. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says they are doing the best they can with a limited budget. "What we don't do is short-change the vetting process," Becerra said at a November hearing on Capitol Hill. "We make sure that we follow best practices in the child welfare field. "We do background checks on every individual," he added. RELATED STORY | The struggle to locate migrant children missing from US homes Just how many migrant children have disappeared from their sponsors is in dispute. Becerra says a frequently cited estimate of 85,000 missing kids is too high and doesn't account for many children who are safe but just not reachable by HHS officials who make three attempts to contact them. "They may be at school, they may be at a doctor's appointment, they may not have a phone working anymore," Becerra said. Homan and the rest of the Trump administration have not yet laid out what their policy will be for those children who make the perilous journey to the U.S. alone.
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THE Government has been accused of opening a “backdoor” migrant route after welcoming 60 who landed on a remote British territory. The Tamil asylum seekers have been stranded on the Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean since 2021 and have demanded to be brought to the UK. Despite growing pressure - including several suicide attempts - the previous Tory government refused to airlift them to Britain. Sir Keir Starmer’s administration has now flown them here, despite the previous Conservative government refusing to. Former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick added: “Starmer has opened a back door to the UK. “He’s needlessly flown illegal immigrants to our shores, even though some may be criminals and child abusers.” READ MORE ON IMMIGRATION Tory MPs have raised fears some may be hardened criminals . Nick Timothy - a former Home Office adviser - said officials worry some of the group are hardened criminals. He told The Sun: " Labour were under no obligation to take any of these Sri Lankan migrants. “Yet ministers have brought them to Britain without, it seems, even checking their criminal records. Most read in The Sun “This is putting the welfare of foreign nationals ahead of the safety of British citizens. It is madness.” A Government spokesman said: “A small number of individuals have been temporarily relocated to the UK” — adding: “This is a one off.” Sir Keir has struck a deal with Mauritius that will surrender sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, with the exception of the UK-US Diego Garcia base
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What Dabo Swinney said after Clemson’s rivalry game loss to South CarolinaLondon fire responds to Wellington Road collision, contains fuel leakADB and APU Dairy Partner to Strengthen Mongolia's Dairy Industry and Support Nomadic HerdersLeaving an Arby's in Santa Barbara, California, this is the first time that the son of President Biden has been photographed since he was pardoned by his father. (Backgrid) First son Hunter Biden was spotted on camera for the first time since his father, President Biden, pardoned him, smiling for the cameras as he picked up a fast-food order in California. Hunter was seen on Wednesday afternoon in Santa Barbara sporting a T-shirt, jeans and baseball cap while picking up food from an Arby's. The media was heard asking Hunter in a short video outside the restaurant if he had any comment on the pardon. The first son did not respond, and instead was seen hopping into the back of an SUV while flanked by security. The photos and video come after President Biden announced Sunday evening that he would spare his son from being sentenced in a pair of separate court cases in which Hunter was found guilty of illegally purchasing a gun and failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. Biden cited in his statement that Hunter's convictions were politically motivated and a "miscarriage of justice." 2 TIMES BIDEN SAID HE WOULD NOT PARDON SON HUNTER BIDEN Hunter Biden is seen leaving an Arby's in Santa Barbara, California, on Wednesday. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital) "Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," Biden wrote in a statement. "From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted." He continued: "It is clear that Hunter was treated differently. The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room — with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases." BIDEN PARDONS SON HUNTER BIDEN AHEAD OF EXIT FROM OVAL OFFICE Hunter Biden flashes a big smile as he leaves an Arby's in Santa Barbara, Callfornia, on Wednesday. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital) "I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice — and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision," he added. The pardon stands in stark contrast to what the president said earlier this year, vowing he would not pardon his son both before and after Hunter was found guilty in a June gun trial. WHO ELSE MIGHT BIDEN PARDON AFTER HE SPARED HUNTER FROM SENTENCING? "I am not going to do anything," Biden said after Hunter was convicted in the gun case. "I will abide by the jury’s decision ." Wednesday was the first time that the son of President Biden had been photographed since he was pardoned. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital) Hunter was found guilty on June 11 of lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. He was found guilty on three charges — making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federally licensed gun dealer and possession of a gun by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance. Hunter has an extensive and well-documented history of addiction, which was best captured in his 2021 memoir "Beautiful Things," which walked readers through his spirals of crack cocaine use. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Hunter faced another trial regarding three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses over his alleged failure to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes in a California court in September. As jury selection was about to kick off in Los Angeles federal court , Hunter entered a surprise guilty plea.
