05-25-2018, 12:34 PM
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The Office of Refugee Resettlement reported at the end of 2017 that of the 7,000-plus children placed with sponsored individuals, the agency did not know where 1,475 of them were.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman said, “It’s just a system that has so many gaps, so many opportunities for these children to fall between the cracks, that we just don’t know what’s going on — how much trafficking or abuse or simply immigration law violations are occurring.”
A documentary from the PBS program "Frontline" said that the federal government has actually released some of the minors to human traffickers. Imagine that.
And now we want to dramatically ramp up the number of children who are removed from their parents?
When pressed about safety concerns Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristjen Nielsen said, "I just want to say, I couldn't agree with your concerns more, period. We owe more to these children to protect them. So I'm saying I agree, we've taken steps and we will continue to strengthen what our partners do to protect these children."
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/...631627002/
The Office of Refugee Resettlement reported at the end of 2017 that of the 7,000-plus children placed with sponsored individuals, the agency did not know where 1,475 of them were.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman said, “It’s just a system that has so many gaps, so many opportunities for these children to fall between the cracks, that we just don’t know what’s going on — how much trafficking or abuse or simply immigration law violations are occurring.”
A documentary from the PBS program "Frontline" said that the federal government has actually released some of the minors to human traffickers. Imagine that.
And now we want to dramatically ramp up the number of children who are removed from their parents?
When pressed about safety concerns Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristjen Nielsen said, "I just want to say, I couldn't agree with your concerns more, period. We owe more to these children to protect them. So I'm saying I agree, we've taken steps and we will continue to strengthen what our partners do to protect these children."
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/...631627002/