ICE discovers sponsors impregnating young girls, forcing children into labor after vetting processes were weakened
By Catholics for Catholics
Many children who crossed the U.S. border unaccompanied during the last presidential administration suffered widespread abuse, exploitation and some girls were even impregnated by their sponsors, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Other children were forced into labor while some of the sponsors were found to be in possession of child sex abuse materials, according to Homeland Security.
DHS commenced a national child welfare initiative in February to identify and locate at-risk kids who may have been placed with wrongly vetted or unvetted sponsors — some of whom had been paid off by smugglers — when they came to the United States.
“Children’s safety and security is non-negotiable,” ICE spokesperson Laszlo Baksay said in a statement. “The previous administration’s failure to implement meaningful safeguards has allowed vulnerable kids to fall into the hands of criminals. Our special agents are working tirelessly to locate these alien children, ensure their protection, and hold accountable those who have abused the system.”
Ever since DHS launched its child welfare initiative, officials have exposed sponsors in possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sponsors who forced minors into labor, and sponsors who subjected children to neglectful living conditions.
DHS also located the records of sponsors formerly convicted of serious crimes ranging from hit-and-runs and attempted murder to prostitution and drug trafficking.
Fox News reported that in some of “the most disturbing cases,” sponsors falsely claiming to be the family members of unaccompanied minor girls impregnated those girls when they were placed in their sponsors’ care, according to DHS and Chris Clem, former U.S. Border Patrol chief at the Yuma, Arizona, sector. Clem helped advise the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department on solutions for unaccompanied minors during the president’s first 100 days in office.
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