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Wyden Claims Trump Plan to Deport 500 Children, HHS Denies

6/26/2026

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Senator Ron Wyden warned that President Donald Trump’s administration plans removal of 500 migrant children, but Health and Human Services (HHS) says no such plan exists.
Wyden said lawyers reported crying and vomiting and that children have spent 180 days in care without a sponsor, violating Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
In 2025 scheme bused children to Texas airports for flights to Guatemala before a judge halted it.

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Senator Ron Wyden warned that President Donald Trump’s administration plans removal of 500 migrant children, but Health and Human Services (HHS) says no such plan exists.
Wyden said lawyers reported crying and vomiting and that children have spent 180 days in care without a sponsor, violating Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
In 2025 scheme bused children to Texas airports for flights to Guatemala before a judge halted it.