Whistleblowers “Make no mistake, Children were not going to their parents."

Zero Coverage on this today:
During a hearing on Capitol Hill today, multiple whistleblowers from various government agencies responsible for unaccompanied migrant children came forward to claim that the US government (HHS), in collaboration with a federal contractor named Cherokee Federal, has knowingly “allowed children to be trafficked under their watch,” all while “taxpayers continue to fund it.”

Deborah White, a federal employee assigned to the Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHSORR), said, “Make no mistake, Children were not going to their parents. They were being trafficked with billions of taxpayer dollars by a contractor failing to vet sponsors and process children safely... With government officials complicit in it.”

Takeaways from Debroah White:
– White claimed that “sponsors” would often provide fake documents. She said she was reprimanded after attempting to contact the Guatemalan consulate to verify if the documents a sponsor provided were legitimate.
– White claimed that one case she dealt with in Florida had someone claiming to be a sponsor for 12 different children “at multiple addresses.”
– White claimed “children were sent to addresses that were abandoned houses [and] were nonexistent in some cases. In Michigan, a child was sent to an open field.” – White claims that she was told by higherups to not pursue investigations

Digging Deeper:
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has lost contact with approximately 85,000 unaccompanied minors over the past two years. According to HHS, this figure does not mean all these children are missing and could indicate a “gap in follow-up procedures.” According to HHSORR, many sponsors are not parents and are “usually distant relatives.”