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spanone

(135,832 posts)
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:11 PM Feb 2019

HHS docs show thousands of alleged incidents of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in custody

LOCK TRUMP UP.

Washington (CNN)The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents released Tuesday by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch.

In addition,1,303 complaints were reported to the Justice Department during that same time frame, according to the documents.

Deutch addressed the documents during a high-profile House hearing Tuesday on the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy that resulted in thousands of immigrant children being separated from their parents.

He said that the documents "demonstrate over the past three years, there have been 154 staff on unaccompanied minor, let me repeat that, staff on unaccompanied minor allegations of sexual assault."


https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/politics/hhs-documents-minors-sexual-abuse/index.html
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HHS docs show thousands of alleged incidents of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in custody (Original Post) spanone Feb 2019 OP
Dear God.... where the hell is that lightening bolt to that demons head? GemDigger Feb 2019 #1
trump should be imprisoned over this alone. spanone Feb 2019 #2
This may be only the tip of the iceberg. lpbk2713 Feb 2019 #3
A buddy and I talked about this today!! We said there's some crap going on!!!! uponit7771 Feb 2019 #4
Kids in cages not bad enough for ya? How bout we rape the cage kiddies? NightWatcher Feb 2019 #5

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
1. Dear God.... where the hell is that lightening bolt to that demons head?
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:48 PM
Feb 2019

Kicked because we all need to get more pissed.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
3. This may be only the tip of the iceberg.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:56 PM
Feb 2019


As with other incidents of sexual assault, the victim (or in this case the family) may not want to report an assault lest they be labeled liars or troublemakers. ICE detainees may not want to say anything out of fear of jeopardizing their chances of gaining entry to the US.

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