Texas Scorecard by Amelia McKenzie March 22, 2024
Unaccompanied minors could be given to U.S. sponsors without proper safety checks.The U.S. government agreed to a contract in February that would allow unaccompanied alien children to be transported from Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters to sponsors in America, but leaves out necessary components regarding the childrens’ welfare.
An article from the Center for Immigration Studies detailed the contract and stated that over the course of 12 months, $404 million of taxpayers’ money would fund this deal.
According to CIS Resident Fellow in Law and Policy Andrew Arthur, this contract fails to provide thorough instructions on how the sponsors taking the children would be correctly identified or how the escorts could assess the safety of the situation the children are placed in.
“That’s a big deal, given the likelihood that this was the last contact many of those children would have with the U.S. government,” wrote Arthur.
In 2023, it was reported that the Biden administration lost track of 85,000 illegal alien children.
More:
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/new-federal-contract-allows-transport-of-illegal-alien-children-into-america/
