Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation

The processing to Texas is occurring despite the state’s GOP-dominated government refusing to provide state licensing for ORR care providers, a policy that hasn’t stopped the facilities from operating there, but has meant less child welfare oversight and protections for kids.

  “Texas is very sympathetic to the Trump administration, at least the governor and the Republican legislature. And so I think the Trump administration knows that not only will there be no pushback from the state government and from the governor, but that people like Governor Greg Abbott are willing accomplices,” Veronica Escobar, a Democratic congresswoman from west Texas, told the Guardian in a phone interview this week…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/trump-undocumented-children-texas

 

Trump Administration Seeks to Deport Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases — ProPublica

Should a dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigration and child welfare systems...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera

 

When Child Welfare Investigations Are a Constant Threat — ProPublica

Last year, a study published by the National Academy of Sciences used similar data to project that by the time Black children in Maricopa County turn 18, there's a 63% chance that they will see their parents investigated by child services, the highest rate of any of the 20 largest counties in the nation...

https://www.propublica.org/article/for-black-families-in-phoenix-child-welfare-investigations-are-constant-threat