Do people honestly not know what UNACCOMPANIED means? It means they did not cross the border with a lawful parent or guardian. They arrived alone. That is what is meant by unaccompanied.
Do people honestly not realize the majority of children were never removed from their parents?
Even the children who have died were either in the custody of their parents, or were unaccompanied when they crossed.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-migrant-child-border-deaths-20190524-story.html%3FoutputType=amp
Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle, 10, El Salvador
Darlyn crossed the border on her own near Hidalgo, Texas
Cause of death: congenital heart defect.
Jakelin Caal Maquín, 7, Guatemala
Apprehended by Border Patrol with her father. Not separated.
Cause of death: Sepsis
Felipe Gomez Alonzo, 8, Guatemala
Felipe and his father, Agustin Gomez Perez, were caught by the Border Patrol. Not separated.
Cause of death: Flu
Juan de León Gutiérrez, 16, Guatemala
crossed the border on his own
Cause of death: infection in his brain’s frontal lobe
Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vásquez, 2½, Guatemala
He was taken into custody with his mother by Border Patrol agents. Not separated
Cause of death: diagnosed with pneumonia. The El Paso medical examiner’s office is performing an autopsy, and results were pending
Carlos Hernandez Vásquez, 16, Guatemala
taken into custody after crossing the southern border in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley on May 13 with 70 other migrants. Not accompanied by parents
Cause of death: has been ill and prescribed Tamiflu. Was found unresponsive by agents. The FBI, local police, and the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General are investigating the boy’s death.
None of these children were stolen. I posted numbers upthread from border patrol and the ACLU. The very small percentage of children separated were either reunited or parents/kids have not wanted to be reunited.
If someone has another resource beside the ACLU, please post it. That is the best I could find. It’s not as if the ACLU is going to cover up for Trump on this matter so I’m guessing the numbers are accurate.