Subj : Re: Joe's policies
To   : ALL
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Aug 02 2023 08:03:00

On 01 Aug 2023, Dale Shipp said the following...

>  DS> I doubt that number.  The numbers that I have seen are less than 1000.

To which IB Joe replied...

>https://www.newsweek.com/under-joe-biden-undocumented-children-missing-1812728

This is an interesting article. It fact checks the 85k number using, in
part, an article from the NY Times (*not* the Post, and *not* the Washingon
Times):

"The Times report also included figures attributed to the Department of Health
 & Human Services (HHS) about monitoring checks carried out on all
unaccompanied minors who'd been homed after entering the U.S.

"This is where the 85,000 'missing' figure appears to have come from.

"'While H.H.S. checks on all minors by calling them a month after they begin
living with their sponsors, data obtained by The Times showed that over the
last two years, the agency could not reach more than 85,000 children,' the
article read.

"'Overall, the agency lost immediate contact with a third of migrant
children.'"

The Newsweek article goes on to point out that the HHS appears to
contradict this number, claiming to keep track of 80% of 235,093
unaccompanied children that entered during a 2 year period.

20% of 235,093 is just over 47k unaccounted for.  Less than 85k but still
not impressive.

The article also points out that HHS "custodial authority" ends when the
child is handed over to a sponsor, which makes keeping exact numbers
difficult.  It also points out that the word "missing" is misleading as the
agency has only lost contact with the 20%.

The conclusion I drew from the article is that both numbers (85k and 47k)
could be correct, and the number could be higher.  The children, while not
technically "missing," are certainly unaccounted for by any government
agency.


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