The new lawsuit seeks to reveal exactly what happened to thousands of migrant children who went missing or otherwise placed in inadequate homes across the country amid the Biden administration’s US-Mexico border crisis.
According to court documents shared solely with the Daily Caller News Foundation, the Center for Advancement of the National Security Agency’s Watchdog (CASA) requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the Biden administration. The lawsuit comes as the Trump White House has made great strides in fixing the illegal immigration crisis that emerged under the Biden administration. (Related: Trump administrator accused of the end of the Biden-era immigrant parole program plagued by fraud)
“Given the whistleblower claims that the Biden administration has lost at least 85,000 non-accompanied children given to inadequately vetted sponsors, Americans are rightly concerned about the various contractors involved in managing child safety and their placement.”
“This lawsuit brings transparency to Shroud’s Biden ORR. [Office of Refugee Resettlement] The award process, the many contractors and grantees involved, and billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars spent,” Fitzpatrick continued.
Ruby, Arizona – June 25: Maria Guadalupe seeking immigration comforts her daughter, Maria Jose, 5, and is waiting to be arrested by a US customs and border guard after reaching the US in Ruby, Arizona on June 25, 2024. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Biden administration oversees the worst humanitarian crisis at the tropical borders of US history, with 2023 and 2024 being the highest and second highest recorded immigrant encounters respectively. According to Customs and Border Security (CBP) data. The encounters of about 8.5 million immigrants were documented along the US-Mexican border during the four Biden administration fiscal years, and a New York Times investigation determined the largest net migration in the country’s history at this time.
Among the waves are immigrant children, where immigrant children arrive at the border without parents or legal guardians. (CBP) data shows that between 2021 and 2024, one of the 500,000 or more companions encountered other immigration officers at the port of immigration between 2021 and 2024.
Unaccompanied alien child (UAC) discovered by a Department of Homeland Security official at the border It is usually placed To the Refugee Resettlement Office (ORR), an office within HHS. The office will work with third-party contractors to help place UACs in sponsors across the country.
But ORR officials may not be doing the best surveillance amid the unprecedented immigration crisis that has pushed government resources to the brink. An explosive report in February 2023 found that after taking over in the care of US sponsors, it lost the trajectory of more than 85,000 accompanists. Report In August 2024, DHS officials confirmed that they were unable to consistently monitor the situation of people who left custody.
Senate Republicans and others have subsequently accused the Biden administration of hampering efforts to investigate the issue.
The devastating impacts for children lost in immigrants across the country can be enormous. Lost children are at risk of sexual exploitation, child labour and other abuse, Whistle Blower warns.
“My office is eager to work with whistleblowers to hope to be able to find and save as many missing children as possible,” Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley said. Early 2024. “It is our moral obligation to do everything we can to save children who may have endured sexual abuse or forced labor.”
In response, CASA submitted a FOIA request to HHS in July 2024.
Place unaccompanied immigrant children with sponsors or sponsored families” and “all proposals and contracts from the “Cherokee Federation.” ”
About 240 days later, CASA says HHS has not yet responded or provided updates on the request, leading the group to resort to lawsuits. group It’s started Many FOIA requests have been demanding over the years for government transparency and accountability.
HHS did not respond to requests for comment from DCNF.
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