The news is out: even before the 3,000 children separated from their parents in 2018, there was a sharp increase in the numbers of children separated from their parents or guardians. And because of a lack of coordinated formal tracking, the true numbers of these children is officially given as “unknown.” It is estimated to be thousands more than first reported.
Read more about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/us/migrant-children-inspector-general-family-separation.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage