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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates</p><p>The Trump administration has started sending a majority of undocumented children who came to the US alone and have new immigration court cases to Texas, where government facilities for them are <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2026/the-office-of-refugee-resettlement-needs-to-improve-its-monitoring-of-unlicensed-unaccompanied-alien-children-program-care-providers-compliance-with-background-check-requirements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">unlicensed</a>, their chances of getting a lawyer are low and advocates fear that “a deportation churn-out factory” awaits them, the Guardian has learned.</p><p>Almost 80% of children in federal custody who arrived unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian and who were placed in immigration court proceedings in July – and over 90% in August – have been funneled into shelter networks somewhere in Texas, a dramatic upswing from the months prior, according to analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian from researchers at the immigration data insights platform bklg.org.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/trump-undocumented-children-texas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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