Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is conducting nationwide operations targeting unaccompanied immigrant children, according to internal documents accessed by the National Immigration Project. The operations include deportations and pursuit of criminal cases against the children and their sponsors. The Trump administration has directed ICE to track down and deport unaccompanied minors and to share sensitive data from the federal agency monitoring these children with ICE. Legal advocates characterize the operations as "backdoor family separation" causing trauma and fear among immigrant families.