Migrant children and other immigrants face surging third-country deportations
Sep 19, 2026·Location: Denver, CO
Country of origin: Venezuela

Stephen Miller is directing a cross-agency White House effort involving HHS, DHS, DOJ, State and Defense to accelerate deportations of undocumented immigrant children, with nearly 200,000 children ordered removed by immigration judges since Trump returned to office, according to Mobile Pathways' analysis of DOJ data. The administration has also deported more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their own, backed by at least $410 million pledged to over 30 nations in Africa and Latin America, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post. A newly created State Department Office of Remigration, led by Christian Ehrhardt, coordinates these removals as part of a broader push to deport at least 1 million people annually. One example cited is a six-year-old boy in Denver whose father was already deported and whose pregnant mother was preparing to return the family to Venezuela.
Sources
- Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
The Guardian·Sep 19, 2026·archived copy
- Stephen Miller leads new push to boot immigrant kids and accelerate third-country deportations
newswav.com·Sep 21, 2026·archived copy
- Stephen Miller leads new push to deport kids and accelerate third-country removals
independent.co.uk·Sep 21, 2026
- enmnews.com
- One Outlet Has the Numbers on Migrant-Child Removals, and as of Freeze, Nobody Else Has Touched Them
thestochasticparrot.com·Sep 19, 2026
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