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(NewsNation) — A caller Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report argues the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) cannot relationship for unaccompanied immigrant children astatine the border.
On Aug. 19, the DHS published a 14-page study revealing much than 32,000 unaccompanied children did not be their migration hearings betwixt the fiscal years of 2019 and 2023.
What's more, astir 300,000 of these kids that came crossed the confederate borderline unsocial ne'er adjacent got a tribunal day whatsoever.
Essentially, Border Patrol doesn't person thing to bash with these young children. Instead, ICE retains the work to locomotion done the migration process with these children.
NewsNation has reached retired and is yet to perceive backmost from the agency.
ICE did respond to this Office of Inspector General report, saying that the notices to look were not fixed retired to children until they were placed with sponsors, and astatine that point, they were successful the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
ICE besides stated it is "committed to the extortion and well-being of children and works intimately with [HHS] and different national partners to fulfill its obligations nether law."
NewsNation tin corroborate the Homeland Security Committee for the GOP House Republicans is really readying a proceeding pursuing this DHS report.
We tin besides corroborate that Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La. — a high-ranking subordinate of the Senate Committee connected Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — sent a missive to Chairman Senator Bernie Sanders requesting that a committee clasp a hearing.
Cassidy is citing the DOJ lawsuit filed against the superior contractor who houses unaccompanied children successful shelters, Southwest Key Programs.
The DOJ alleges these children endured "severe and pervasive intersexual harassment by employees" and Southwest Key "failed to instrumentality capable enactment to prevent, detect, and respond to intersexual maltreatment and intersexual harassment to support the children successful its care."
According to HHS data, the Biden medication has really released much unaccompanied children who person crossed the confederate borderline into the U.S. compared to the past 2 erstwhile administrations.
The Biden medication has not wanted to region children, adamant that unaccompanied children tin enactment successful the United States, but again, uncovering retired wherever they spell and keeping way of them has proven to beryllium a occupation nether this administration, according to radical connected the ground.
