Several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been permitted access to information in a refugee relocation database on unaccompanied minors who have come into the United States illegally, NPR first reported on Friday.

NPR learned of the database by a staff member at the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) speaking on the condition of anonymity. Civil rights advocates worry the Trump administration will use the information to locate families who are in the country illegally who also take in the unaccompanied minors. In an email obtained by the outlet, employees of the ORR have been asked to “build a culture of child safety and accountability.”

Mellissa Harper, acting director for the ORR, informed staff that “both practice and culture within the sponsor evaluation process” needs to change.

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