SPOTLIGHT: 323,000 Children Are Missing?


Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

323,000 children are missing?

In this important episode, Monte Larrick sits down with Thomas Hampson to discuss the multi-faceted problem of illegal immigration and how it has specifically affected helpless children.

Thomas Hampson is a contributing writer for IFI serving as an intelligence analyst, U.S. Air Force Veteran, and a former chief investigator for the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission. He also served on the Chicago Crime Commission as a board member and is the founder of the Truth Alliance Foundation, which is dedicated to the protection of children.

“32,000 of them [unaccompanied minors] that got notices to appear didn’t show up in court, and they don’t know where they are. But there’s another 291,000 of these unaccompanied minors that they tried to serve with notices to appear that they can’t find. So, that brings to the total to… 323,000…

It’s a serious problem. Because it’s very possible that a number of these children are being used for sex or labor– illegal sex or labor exploitation.”

This is a very important episode that you don’t want to miss.

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Alyssa Sonnenburg is a dedicated Christian, wife, and is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute. She is a co-host of the Self-Evident podcast and serves as an Executive Assistant at IFI. Growing up on the southside of Chicago, she and her husband now live in the northwest suburbs.