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Detained migrant children aren't being reunited with family, government sources say

By Mark Betancourt

Published December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM EST

Employees in the government agency that deals with unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border say an order has been given not to release those children to their relatives here in the U.S.

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