{"ok":true,"report":{"slug":"Nk08mmoy","publishedAt":1781226262631,"post":{"text":"147 thousand. The number of the over 400 thousand children Biden lost have been found by this administration.","uri":"https://www.threads.com/@plushygnome/post/DZd2DxqDLFG","authorHandle":"plushygnome"},"verdict":{"verdict":"Misleading","confidence":78,"summary":"The post echoes claims by Trump administration officials that the Biden administration 'lost' over 400,000 migrant children and that the current administration has 'found' 147,000 of them. However, multiple fact-checkers and the underlying DHS Inspector General report show these claims misrepresent the data: the ~291,000 figure referred to children who had not yet received court notices, not children who were missing or lost. The children were released to sponsors (often family members), and experts say calling them 'lost' is a fundamental misunderstanding of the process.","claims":[{"claim":"The Biden administration lost over 400,000 migrant children.","assessment":"This claim misrepresents a DHS Inspector General report from August 2024, which found that ICE had not served Notices to Appear (court dates) to approximately 291,000 unaccompanied children as of May 2024. The children were released to sponsors, not 'lost.' The 400,000+ figure is an inflation of the IG's number. AP News, CBS News, BBC, and PolitiFact have all rated versions of this claim as lacking context or misleading.","status":"Misleading"},{"claim":"147,000 of these children have been found by the current administration.","assessment":"Trump administration officials including Tom Homan and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have stated that 145,000–147,000 previously 'unaccounted for' children have been located. However, this figure rests on the same flawed premise that the children were 'lost.' The number has not been independently verified with detailed data, and the characterization of the children as missing is disputed by child welfare experts.","status":"Mixed"}],"caveats":"The exact number of 'located' children varies across statements (145,000, 146,000, 147,000), and the Trump administration has not released detailed methodology or data to independently verify these figures. Reasonable people may disagree about whether failure to serve court notices constitutes a form of losing track of children, though immigration experts and fact-checkers broadly reject the 'missing children' framing.","sources":[{"title":"Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context","url":"https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-migrant-children-missing-7ab0cea2fd2238346197429e952baa8b"},{"title":"Has the US government found 145,000 'lost' migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem","url":"https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/09/has-the-us-government-found-145000-lost-migrant-children-fact-checking-kristi-noem"},{"title":"Fact-checking Kristi Noem on migrant children","url":"https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/mar/05/Kristi-Noem-migrant-children-lost-found-DHS"},{"title":"Trump claims Biden lost track of over 300,000 migrant children","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-claims-biden-lost-300000-migrant-children-fact-check"},{"title":"Are 300,000 undocumented immigrant children missing in the US?","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0jlre7mymo"}]},"communityNote":"Misleading. The children were not lost. A DHS Inspector General report found that about 291,000 unaccompanied minors had not yet received court notices after being released to sponsors. The 400,000 figure inflates this data, and the 147,000 found claim relies on the same flawed premise.","sourceUrl":"https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-migrant-children-missing-7ab0cea2fd2238346197429e952baa8b"}}