U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to escalate the Trump administration’s child deportation campaign with a call center in Nashville, Tenn.

Michael Lukens

“In the notice posted to a government contracting website on Tuesday, ICE officials said there is an ‘immediate need’ to establish the call center, which is expected to receive and process ‘6,000 to 7,000 calls per day’ regarding the locations of minors,” ABC News reported Nov. 5.

The center — slated to open in June 2026 — will not protect children but simply make it easier to remove them from the country, said Michael Lukens, executive director of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights. “There are a host of federal laws and programs that purport to protect unaccompanied children, which this administration has been activ

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