Former Biden Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra wants to be the next governor of California. And during a May 5, 2026 gubernatorial debate, he got confronted with one of the ugliest chapters of his time running HHS: the fate of hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children released from federal custody.
His response? Blame President Donald Trump. Deny the problem exists. Tell voters there were “no lost kids.”
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That might have worked if the paper trail didn’t already exist, written by his own government’s watchdog and by members of his own party.
Becerra: “The Trump campaign in 2024 talked about ‘lost kids’ when there were no lost kids.”
The Biden DHS’ own Inspector General found that over 300,000 migrant children went missing under their watch. pic.twitter.com/jyrNSzQs2n
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 6, 2026
The confrontation came from an unlikely source. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a fellow Democrat running for governor, pressed Becerra directly
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