2026-06-25T16:00:25.510Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
据民主党参议员罗恩·怀登透露，特朗普政府已认定美国政府羁押的超500名无人陪伴移民儿童可能被驱逐出境。
此举标志着特朗普政府针对那些独自抵达美国南部边境、目前正处于羁押状态等待被安置到美国担保人（通常为父母或亲属）家中的移民儿童的行动进一步升级。
此前，该政府曾试图将美国政府羁押的、独自入境且在美国境内无父母的危地马拉儿童遣返，但该计划被一名联邦法官叫停。
如今一场类似的行动似乎正在推进——此次行动的目标是那些已被羁押至少六个月、且在美国境内无亲属或监护人的儿童。
“这是一起严重的体制性失误，将数百名脆弱儿童置于直接危险之中，实际上剥夺了他们受美国监管保护的权利，并将他们重新推入险境，”怀登在写给卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的信中说道。
“将负责保护这些儿童的机构武器化，是对行政权过度扩张的不可接受的升级，破坏了我国对正当法律程序的承诺，”他补充道。目前尚不清楚所有被认定的儿童是否会被迅速驱逐。
这位俄勒冈州参议员同时也是负责监督难民安置办公室的参议院财政委员会的 ranking 成员（即少数党首席成员），他要求立即暂停“任何筛查计划和计划中的驱逐行动”，并要求提供有关该行动的更多信息。
卫生与公众服务部发言人在一份声明中表示：“尽管存在这种不负责任的危言耸听，但我们并没有计划针对这些儿童。拜登政府在未对担保人进行充分审查的情况下匆忙释放这些儿童，导致数千名儿童面临虐待、剥削和人口贩运的风险。特朗普政府正努力确认我们所羁押的无人陪伴外籍儿童的父母或法定监护人，因为确保每个儿童都被安置到经过适当审查的担保人家中是我们的首要任务。”
隶属于卫生与公众服务部的难民安置办公室负责照料独自抵达美国南部边境的移民儿童。这些儿童通常为逃离本国的危险处境，往往试图与已在美国境内的父母、亲属或监护人团聚或被安置到他们身边。
怀登所提及的名单上的儿童被归类为在美国境内无担保人，且“主要被全国范围内的难民安置办公室提供商安置在长期寄养家庭中”。他们均已被羁押至少180天。
根据联邦数据，截至5月，难民安置办公室羁押的无人陪伴儿童平均数量为1816名。其中大多数来自中美洲。
目前尚不清楚这些儿童的年龄，以及政府计划通过何种移民程序驱逐他们。特朗普政府官员此前曾将遣返危地马拉儿童的行动描述为遣返，称此举是与危地马拉政府协调并应其请求开展的。
“此举旨在让儿童回到他们的家人和父母身边，而非让他们通过未经核实的担保人或身份不合法的担保人留在美国，”一位前卫生与公众服务部高级官员在接受CNN采访时谈及他们本国的家人时说道。
据这位前高级官员透露，近几个月来，难民安置办公室一直在识别羁押中可能被驱逐出境的未成年人，除非他们正在申请特定的保护身份。
与移民儿童合作的移民权益倡导者和律师们对儿童被送回他们原本逃离的环境发出了警告。他们认为，将儿童遣返回本国并不总是符合他们的最大利益。
无人陪伴移民儿童需经过移民程序，以确定鉴于其本国的情况，他们是否有资格在美国获得救济。据怀登称，在被认定的500多名未成年人中，大多数在移民诉讼中都有法律代表。
“本届政府一再证明，它并未将儿童的最大利益放在心上。虽然我们目前尚不清楚他们的具体计划，但我们知道，在对待这群极其脆弱的儿童时，他们愿意冷酷无情、无视法律地采取行动，”全国青年法律中心儿童人权与尊严事务主管妮哈·德赛在一份声明中说道。
去年，该政府试图将羁押中的危地马拉儿童遣返回国的行动引发了律师们的一片混乱，他们称孩子们在半夜被叫醒。当时，76名儿童已准备好被遣返并被送上起飞的飞机，但在一名联邦法官下令暂时阻止驱逐后，他们突然被送回美国羁押场所。
该政府辩称，他们已与危地马拉政府协调，且这些儿童的父母或法定监护人已提出让他们回国的请求。此案中提交的法庭文件显示，部分父母并未要求孩子回国，且他们是在最后一刻才被告知此事。
“我获取的新信息表明，该部门正在为另一场违法的驱逐行动奠定基础，这一次规模更大，涉及更多原籍国，”怀登说道。
Trump administration identifies more than 500 migrant children for removal from the US, senator says
2026-06-25T16:00:25.510Z / CNN
The Trump administration has identified more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children in US government custody to be potentially removed from the country, according to Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.
The move marks the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s effort to focus on migrant children who arrived at the US southern border alone and are in custody awaiting to be placed with a sponsor, typically a parent or relative, in the United States.
The administration previously tried to repatriate Guatemalan children in government custody who arrived in the United States alone and didn’t have a parent in the country, but that was stopped by a federal judge.
A similar effort appears to be underway now – this time, focusing on children who have been in custody for at least six months and don’t have a relative or guardian in the United States.
“This is a severe institutional failure that places hundreds of vulnerable children in immediate jeopardy, effectively erasing them from the protection of U.S. oversight and thrusting them back into danger,” Wyden said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“To weaponize the very agency charged with their protection is an unacceptable escalation of executive overreach that undermines our nation’s commitment to due process,” he added. It’s unclear whether all the identified children will be swiftly removed.
The Oregon senator, who serves as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee which has oversight over the Office of Refugee Resettlement, demanded the immediate suspension of “any screening initiative and planned removal action,” as well as additional information on the effort.
In a statement, an HHS spokesperson said: “Despite this irresponsible fearmongering, there are no plans to target these children. The Biden administration rushed the release of these children without adequate sponsor vetting, leaving thousands vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. The Trump Administration is working to identify the parents or legal guardians of unaccompanied alien children in our care because ensuring every child is placed with a properly vetted sponsor is our top priority.”
ORR, which is housed within HHS, is charged with the care of migrant children who arrive at the US southern border alone. Those children, who are typically fleeing dangerous conditions at home, are often trying to reunite or be placed with a parent, relative or guardian already in the United States.
The children on the list described by Wyden are categorized as having no sponsor in the US and were “mainly placed in long-term foster care with ORR providers” nationwide. They’ve all been in custody for at least 180 days.
As of May, there was an average of 1,816 unaccompanied children in ORR custody, according to federal data. The majority are from Central America.
It’s unclear how old the children are and what immigration process the administration plans to use to remove the children. Trump administration officials had previously described the attempt to remove Guatemalan children as repatriations, citing coordination and requests from the Guatemalan government.
“The attempt is to have children back with their families and parents, not to be put into the United States with unverified sponsors or sponsors who are not lawfully present,” a former senior HHS official told CNN, referring to family in their home countries.
Over recent months, ORR has been identifying minors in custody who could be potentially removed from the United States, unless they are seeking certain protections, according to the former senior HHS official.
Immigrant advocates and attorneys who work with migrant children have raised alarm over kids being sent back to the very conditions they were fleeing. They argue that returning kids to their home country is not always in their best interest.
Unaccompanied migrant children go through immigration proceedings to determine whether they have relief available to them in the US, given conditions at home. According to Wyden, a majority of the more than 500 identified minors have legal counsel in their immigration proceedings.
“This administration has repeatedly proven that it does not have the best interests of children in mind. While we don’t yet know precisely what they plan to do, we do know that they are willing to act callously and lawlessly when it comes to this deeply vulnerable population of children,” said Neha Desai, managing director of Children’s Human Rights & Dignity at the National Center for Youth Law, in a statement.
Last year, the administration’s attempt to send Guatemalan children in custody back to their home country prompted a scramble among attorneys who said kids were woken up in the middle of the night. At the time, 76 children were prepared for repatriation, placed on planes for departure then abruptly returned to US custody after a federal judge’s order temporarily blocked their removals.
The administration argued that it had coordinated with the Guatemalan government and that the children had been requested to return by their parents or legal guardians. Court declarations filed in the case revealed that some of the parents had not requested their return and had been provided last-minute notice.
“The new information I obtained leads me to believe that the Department is laying the groundwork for another lawless deportation effort, this time on a greater scale, across more countries of origin,” Wyden said.
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