Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton · Aired Aug 19, 2026
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As of early 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services has not accounted for the location of 330,000 unaccompanied migrant children.
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There is a real number close to this, but it belongs to a different agency and means something narrower. A DHS Inspector General report in August 2024 found ICE had not served court dates to more than 291,000 unaccompanied minors, with another 32,000 who missed the dates they were given. That is roughly 320,000, and it describes a court notification failure at DHS rather than HHS losing track of where children physically are.
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Is it true that as of early 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services has not accounted for the location of 330,000 unaccompanied migrant children?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There is a real number close to this, but it belongs to a different agency and means something narrower. A DHS Inspector General report in August 2024 found ICE had not served court dates to more than 291,000 unaccompanied minors, with another 32,000 who missed the dates they were given. Steve Hilton said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton, aired Aug 19, 2026, at 2:19:08. The supporting source is allsides.com, linked below.
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