The Trump administration claims to have located 145,000 migrant children allegedly lost under Biden

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that the current administration of President Donald Trump has managed to locate 145,000 unaccompanied migrant children, who it claims went missing during the border crisis under Joe Biden's administration.

In a message posted on the social network X, accompanied by an image of outgoing Secretary Kristi Noem, who will leave office on March 31, the DHS indicated that more than 450,000 unaccompanied migrant children went untracked during the previous administration; of these, 145,000 have already been located.

"Under Joe Biden, more than 450,000 unaccompanied children went missing, and many fell victim to sex trafficking, abuse, and exploitation by violent cartels, gangs, and traffickers," the organization stated.

The agency added that the current administration has taken "unprecedented measures" to protect these minors, considered among the most vulnerable victims of the migration crisis.

“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, we have already located 145,000 of these children, and we will not stop until we find every single one of them,” stated the DHS, without clarifying whether the located minors will undergo deportation processes within the context of current immigration policies.

The situation of unaccompanied migrant minors has been one of the most controversial topics in the immigration debate in the United States in recent years, particularly since Trump's first term, during which 5,500 children were separated from their families between 2017 and 2019 due to his "Zero Tolerance" policy.

Migration specialists warn that the figures provided by DHS this Thursday are not clearly documented and are not directly comparable to other data from the U.S. immigration system.

The agency has not publicly explained the methodology used to calculate those figures, nor how many minors are still unaccounted for.

Migration experts point out that many of the children labeled as "lost" in official reports were actually placed with sponsors within the United States, but federal authorities subsequently lost contact with them.