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Tom Homan’s blunt question — “I don’t know what the hell the Biden administration was thinking” — cut to the heart of a crisis too long papered over by partisan spin and bureaucratic excuses. Homan made those remarks on Fox News while calling out the administration for failing to secure the border and for leaving too many unaccompanied children at risk.
The hard facts from federal oversight are damning and cannot be dismissed as political noise: a Department of Homeland Security review found huge gaps in court notices and tracking, including hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children who had not been issued notices to appear as of May 2024 and tens of thousands who missed court dates. Those findings expose an information and accountability blackout on a scale that should alarm every parent in this country.
Conservative critics have seized on the numbers because the reality is terrifying — children in limbo, sponsors not always reachable, and a patchwork system that invites exploitation. Fact-checkers and watchdogs rightly warn that the oft-repeated “300,000 missing kids” stat has been mischaracterized and conflates paperwork failures with cases of children actually vanished, but that context does not absolve the administration of responsibility for the chaos. The facts are complex, but complexity cannot become an excuse for inaction.
The Trump administration’s border team, led by Homan, says it will push aggressively to get answers — including seeking access to databases and records to locate and safeguard these children and to hold bad actors accountable. That move toward transparency and enforcement is exactly what should have happened months ago; Republicans are right to demand immediate, muscular oversight and real rescue operations, not press releases.
Make no mistake: this is not merely an immigration policy debate for wonks — it is a moral crisis and a national-security failure rolled into one. The Biden era’s open-door signals created incentives for smugglers and cartels, and while some advocates emphasize paperwork technicalities, parents and communities see missing children, trafficking risks, and human misery that demand remedy now. Conservatives are done watching talk and virtue-signaling while children and Americans pay the price.
If Washington wants to prove it cares, it will fund full tracking teams, reopen data-sharing with responsible agencies, prosecute traffickers to the fullest extent, and restore secure border policies that deter desperate journeys before lives are put at risk. Political finger-pointing won’t bring kids home; action will — and Republicans should use every tool of oversight and law enforcement to get results.
Tom Homan’s warning is simple and patriotic: protect the children, secure the border, and stop rewarding lawlessness with sanctuary. The country deserves leaders who will act like it matters, and every American with a conscience should demand nothing less.
