In another case challenging the expulsions of migrant minors during the pandemic, the government halted the removal of two plaintiffs and allowed them to stay in the country pending regular deportation proceedings. DHS has previously excluded kids from the CDC expulsions order after being sued. A bipartisan anti-trafficking law first enacted in 2008 generally requires border officials to quickly transfer unaccompanied migrant children to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Since the CDC directive was implemented, however, the agency has received few migrant minors. Just 61 children were referred to the agency in June, despite border officials carrying out more than 1,600 apprehensions of unaccompanied minors, according to data first reported by CBS News.