U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish a “National Call Center” in Nashville, Tennessee, to help authorities track unaccompanied migrant children for possible removal, according to an agency contracting document.
In the notice posted Tuesday on a government contracting website, 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” about the placement of minors.
The call center could be fully operational by June 2026, ICE said.
The move comes amid the Trump administration’s efforts to focus on unaccompanied migrant children as part of its broader immigration campaign.
Migrants and their children wait in line to enter a courtroom and attend their scheduled hearings at the U.S. immigration court in New York on October 7, 2025.
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Last month, the Department of Homeland Security sent a notice to legal services providers saying it was offering unaccompanied migrant children “one-time resettlement.” $2,500 stipend voluntarily leave the US
Earlier this year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its agents to locate unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States.
