Thousands of migrant children allegedly sexually abused in US custody

[Judi Lynn]

Allegations ranged from adult staff members having relationships with minors to forcible touching, HHS documents show

Hazar Kilani in New York and agencies
Wed 27 Feb 2019 11.18 EST

Almost 5,000 complaints of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in US custody have been filed over the past four years, according to government documents released this week. The allegations range from adult staff members having relationships with minors, and the showing of pornographic videos, to forcible touching.

According to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) documents released on Tuesday on Capitol Hill by the Florida Democratic representative Ted Deutch’s office, the reports date back to October 2015, during the Obama administration. However, most of the sexual abuse and harassment reported occurred since Donald Trump took office.

During a House judiciary committee hearing on Tuesday, Deutch addressed the documents and linked them to the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy on immigration, regarding unlawful incursions of the US-Mexico border. The policy, widely regarded as a strong-arm attempt by the government to discourage immigration, resulted in almost 3,000 migrant children being forcibly separated from their families.

“These documents tell us that there is a problem with adults, employees of HHS, sexually abusing children,” Deutch said at the hearing.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/migrant-children-sexual-abuse-complaints-filed-documents-hhs

[dchill]

1. K&R.

[mr_lebowski]

2. But hey, Trump's making it more difficult for females to get abortions ...

So dude's obviously like F***ING JESUS HIMSELF WALKING AMONG US, AMIRITE?!?

And besides, what were those brown-skinned parents doing, bringing their CHILDREN ... Here?

You know, it's pretty much their own fault when you think about it ...

Also, Obama!

[kimbutgar]

3. I've been saying this from the beginning

Workers in these detention centers who are not vetted or given security checks. It is a pedofiles dream job.

This will another nasty legacy of the orange maggot administration that is a disgrace and a bad moment in our history. Up there with trail of tears, lynching and burning of entire black communities, internment camps and lying us into warsw e did not have to fight, but this is even more heinous as it involves innocent children.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. THIS is why all the secrecy.

THIS is why parents are describing their returned kids as so severely traumatized.

There needs to be a major lawsuit against the Gov and Neilson and everyone involved in the entire chain of sexual assault.
I refuse to call it abuse. It is child rape.

We are gonna find out the staff of the kiddie prisons have criminal records, were not properly vetted or supervised, and I can think of worse things I cannot bear to write.