Immigration agents in the United States have been directed to track down and deport thousands of migrant children who entered the country without their parents, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters.

More than 600,000 immigrant children have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without a parent or legal guardian since 2019, according to government data.

Immigration authorities are reportedly targeting a new demographic in an attempt to meet the lofty deportation goals demanded by President Donald Trump: unaccompanied migrant children. The Trump administration last week ordered immigration agents to chase down children who crossed the border without their parents,

The Trump administration is ordering immigration agents to find and deport thousands of undocumented immigrant children who came to the U.S. without their parents, Reuters reported, citing an internal government memo.

The Trump administration ordered legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children to stop their work, according to a memo obtained by CNN.

Plan focuses on preventing children from falling victim to human trafficking and exploitation, says US Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Anadolu Ajansı

Days after telling legal groups who help migrant children who arrive in America alone — some so young they are in diapers or their feet dangle from their chairs in court — that they must stop their work,

The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered the United States without their parents, expanding the president's mass deportation effort,