The Kids Aren’t All Right: U.S. Migrant Foster Program Is Out of Control
May 25, 2023
An expansive foster care program for juvenile migrants is ballooning in size and cost. In many respects, it offers services superior to those available to U.S. citizens. But shamefully loose screening protocols have embedded dangerous elements in communities, including a 17-year-old MS-13 gang member who now stands accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman in Maryland.
New funding for long-term care of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) indicates that American taxpayers will get stuck with a much bigger tab than previously disclosed, according to a report by Judicial Watch.
Beyond housing and education, extended benefits include legal aid, mental health services and “acculturation and adaptation” care to help the illegal aliens develop social and interpersonal skills.
A record 368,207 UACs are known to have entered the U.S. since 2021. Judicial Watch reports that nearly three-quarters of them were over 14 years old, and two-thirds were male. Forty-seven percent came from Guatemala, 32 percent from Honduras, 13 percent from El Salvador and 8 percent from other countries.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/05/25/kids-arent-all-right-us-migrant-foster-program-out-control
