Allegations Government Contractor Used 'Billions of Taxpayer Dollars' to Traffic Children

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The Biden administration's Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has come under intense scrutiny after whistleblowers revealed that a government contractor failed to properly vet sponsors for unaccompanied children apprehended at the border. These lapses have allegedly led to several cases of child trafficking. The accusations were brought to light during a roundtable discussion co-hosted by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).

 

Deborah White, a federal employee detailed to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, expressed her horror at discovering that children were being trafficked with the help of taxpayer dollars. She revealed that the contractor responsible for processing these children was not adequately vetting sponsors, and government officials were complicit in the malpractice. According to White, she and her colleague, Tara Rodas, first identified a case of trafficking involving minors in June 2021. Despite reporting their findings, the issue persisted, and children continued to be sent to dangerous locations.

 

 

White recounted chilling incidents where children were sent to abandoned houses or non-existent addresses. In one case in Michigan, a child was sent to an open field even after a 911 call reported hearing someone screaming for help at that location. White noted that when she raised concerns about these contractor failures and requested to see the contract, she was rebuffed and told not to ask for it again. Taking matters into her own hands, White created training programs for significant incident reports of sexual abuse and flagging trafficking, but her efforts did not prevent children from being sent to unsafe environments.

 

 

White also highlighted that ORR officials never met sponsors face-to-face and that fraudulent documents were rampant. Tara Rodas added that ORR was essentially unifying children with "random people," who often were not the children's parents. She described a case involving a 16-year-old girl from Guatemala whose sponsor, claiming to be her older brother, was found touching her inappropriately. Rodas noted that the girl appeared drugged and as if "she was for sale" based on her sponsor's social media posts, which also contained child pornography.

 

Shevaun Harris, Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, voiced her concern about the situation, noting that less than 10% of children apprehended at the border were being released to their parents. Harris found it "frightening" and inhumane. White recounted an instance where questioning the authenticity of documents led HHS ORR leadership to dismiss their concerns, stating that their job was not to investigate the sponsor but to reunify the child with them.

 

The whistleblowers argued that both ORR and the primary contractor, Cherokee Federal, ignored warnings about child trafficking to prevent overcrowding at the southern border. White accused Cherokee Federal of staffing the site with unqualified, unvetted, and dangerous contractors who had access to vulnerable children, depriving them of the necessary support, services, and humanity they deserved after their perilous journey. White labeled the ORR program "the biggest failure in government history" that she had ever witnessed.

 

Senator Bill Cassidy emphasized that the exploitation of children should not be a partisan issue. He criticized President Biden, asserting that he has the power to prevent this by securing the border and reforming ORR to protect children from harm. Cassidy argued that Biden was treating the border crisis as a campaign messaging issue rather than addressing the humanitarian catastrophe resulting from his policies. He questioned whether anything would force the President into action if the exploitation of children would not.

 

Credit: NYP 2024-07-11

 

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[Tug]

All republicans I see……but that being said it obviously should be investigated just like the felons separation of families and intentional orphaning of migrant kids 

[impulse]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

All republicans I see……but that being said it obviously should be investigated just like the felons separation of families and intentional orphaning of migrant kids 

 

Who are the Repubs?

 

Perhaps the "cages" that Obama built were more to protect the kids than to torture them.   Now, Biden's losing track of tens (hundreds?) of thousands of them.  Pretty much inevitable when you don't manage the border and easy money (BidenBucks) are involved.

 

[Skipalongcassidy]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

All republicans I see…… 

Because your democrat leaders all turn a blind eye to the chaos... heaven forbid that they say anything against the party line.

[Tug]

22 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Because your democrat leaders all turn a blind eye to the chaos... heaven forbid that they say anything against the party line.

Well I dono,I live very close to our southern border all of the property’s I own are close to our southern border every morning the wife and I do our morning 3 mile hike close to our southern border I straight up don’t see it yes there is a problem yes there was a bipartisan fix that trump killed because he needs the (problem) to exaggerate we ain’t blind

[Skipalongcassidy]

32 minutes ago, Tug said:

Well I dono,I live very close to our southern border all of the property’s I own are close to our southern border every morning the wife and I do our morning 3 mile hike close to our southern border I straight up don’t see it yes there is a problem yes there was a bipartisan fix that trump killed because he needs the (problem) to exaggerate we ain’t blind

Remember that next time you are out in public... for every 200 people there with you 1 of you will be a victim of a crime that day... for the mathematically challenged... everyday there are 16,475 victims of a crime in San Diego metro area... that  may be ok with you but not me... yes, you are blind.

[Tug]

29 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Remember that next time you are out in public... for every 200 people there with you 1 of you will be a victim of a crime that day... for the mathematically challenged... everyday there are 16,475 victims of a crime in San Diego metro area... that  may be ok with you but not me... yes, you are blind.

Dear mother of god!!!im literally years over due omg I’m doomed waaaaa waaaa what a load of ……..

[PETERTHEEATER]

Ms Tara might come across as more convincing if she shaved off the moustache.

[john donson]

youtube redacted, they have been interviewing whistleblowers for more than a year...

 

hardly ever spoken in the media

 

when will they speak about the costs of the tens of thousands of illegals living in hotels costing thousands of dollars a month each

[Dcheech]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

Credit: NYP 2024-07-11

 

The New York Post article. A Murdoch publication with even lower standards than FOX Media, if that is possible. Explains why there is little other news about these "allegations" & for that matter why it gets posted up here.
 

Edited July 11 by Dcheech

[KhunLA]

Can this govt do anything right ?  

 

Developed country

First world

World leading

... I think not.  Corrupt, abusing & inhumane, the more accurate descriptions.

 

So happy I haven't supported it with tax dollars for over 20 yrs.

[Wrwest]

3 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Remember that next time you are out in public... for every 200 people there with you 1 of you will be a victim of a crime that day... for the mathematically challenged... everyday there are 16,475 victims of a crime in San Diego metro area... that  may be ok with you but not me... yes, you are blind.

Did you purposely forget to mention that most crime is committed by American citizens not the newly arriving immigrants? That said, yes WE have a problem at the border that the bipartisan bill in Congress was meant to address ... bill killed by Trump who needed this as a campaign issue.

[Eric Loh]

The alleged crime would not have happened if the previous adminsitration didn't blunder on the implementaion of the cruel and controversial family separation policy.  

[Skipalongcassidy]

18 hours ago, Wrwest said:

  That said, yes WE have a problem at the border that the bipartisan bill in Congress was meant to address ... bill killed by Trump who needed this as a campaign issue.

That billion dollar bill only provided funding to accommodate the illegal criminal migrants it did nothing to stem the tide... the rest of the billions was for democraptic pet projects... you didn't really read it did you?  Didn't think so...

[Wrwest]

8 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

That billion dollar bill only provided funding to accommodate the illegal criminal migrants it did nothing to stem the tide... the rest of the billions was for democraptic pet projects... you didn't really read it did you?  Didn't think so...

Ah, you want to "stem the tide". That is another matter ... make it possible for global citizens to have sufficient food, clothing, shelter, safety for themselves and their family. The overwhelming asses love their own culture and traditions and would chose to stay in the country of their birth. As long as there is the global imbalance resulting from poverty and war, the tide will continue seeking security and the basics. Next to the USA Southern border issues, the causes of the tide appear overwhelming.

[impulse]

53 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

As long as there is the global imbalance resulting from poverty and war, the tide will continue seeking security and the basics. Next to the USA Southern border issues, the causes of the tide appear overwhelming.

 

You know what?  Not our problem.  We can't save the entire world, especially if our own economy is in tatters.

 

[candide]

On 7/11/2024 at 1:43 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

Remember that next time you are out in public... for every 200 people there with you 1 of you will be a victim of a crime that day... for the mathematically challenged... everyday there are 16,475 victims of a crime in San Diego metro area... that  may be ok with you but not me... yes, you are blind.

San Diego has the lowest violent crime rate among the 10 largest U.S. cities...

[Skipalongcassidy]

16 hours ago, Wrwest said:

Ah, you want to "stem the tide". That is another matter ... make it possible for global citizens to have sufficient food, clothing, shelter, safety for themselves and their family. The overwhelming asses love their own culture and traditions and would chose to stay in the country of their birth. As long as there is the global imbalance resulting from poverty and war, the tide will continue seeking security and the basics. Next to the USA Southern border issues, the causes of the tide appear overwhelming.

Legal immigration is good for a country... illegal invasion is NOT... so yes... stem the tide and manage properly the legal migration... it has been proven over and over that geographical change does not serve the people any better than staying and changing their situation in their home countries.

[Skipalongcassidy]

15 hours ago, candide said:

San Diego has the lowest violent crime rate among the 10 largest U.S. cities...

Typical democratic response... but but but it is lower than other cities... well that doesn't make it right or good for the people that live there... look at us we are the best of the worst. 

[Wrwest]

1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Legal immigration is good for a country... illegal invasion is NOT... so yes... stem the tide and manage properly the legal migration... it has been proven over and over that geographical change does not serve the people any better than staying and changing their situation in their home countries.

 

[Wrwest]

So, we agree, there is an immigration issue on our Southern Border, we also agree that legal immigration is beneficial and illegal "invasion" is not. Again, we had a bipartisan bill supported by Republicans and Democrat Congress members to partially address the issue killed by Trump (noted that you disagreed with the representatives supporting the Bill).  As to people staying and changing their situation? Hmm, I have studied history as my life's work and taught American and European History for 41 years. That said the more knowledge I gained, the more I was faced with realizing I knew very little of the totality. With that in mind, I would be interested in learning Where and when people leaving does not serve those leaving. I take it that we may also agree on this basis, That we both support citizens of the Ukraine staying and fighting against the Russian invasion of their country.

[Wrwest]

17 hours ago, impulse said:

 

You know what?  Not our problem.  We can't save the entire world, especially if our own economy is in tatters.

 

Sorry, but too things come to mind. Issues in other areas of the globe do, in fact, have direct effects causing problems for us. We are already discussing the issue on our Southern Border as an immediate examples. I apologize, I will not take the time to go over the semester course on Latin American History that I taught. We agree, we cannot save the entire world and would probably agree that there is a balance to be sought in being the strongest military power on the face of the globe and, in my mind realizing how ignorant the average American citizen is concerning global matters. Sorry, US economy in tatters? 'That dog won't hunt". ha! a bit of irony you might enjoy. My individual retirement funds continue to grow, invested in the US stock market as a member of the retired working middle class. The irony? I cannot afford to live retired in the USA on my sustainable monthly budget of $2400.00 USD ($1570 of that from SS). So, I am an "economic refugee) having joined millions of other Americans retiring in a lower cost country. This might help you understand my different perspective on issues faced as Americans.

[Skipalongcassidy]

11 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

So, we agree, there is an immigration issue on our Southern Border, we also agree that legal immigration is beneficial and illegal "invasion" is not. Again, we had a bipartisan bill supported by Republicans and Democrat Congress members to partially address the issue killed by Trump (noted that you disagreed with the representatives supporting the Bill).  As to people staying and changing their situation? Hmm, I have studied history as my life's work and taught American and European History for 41 years. That said the more knowledge I gained, the more I was faced with realizing I knew very little of the totality. With that in mind, I would be interested in learning Where and when people leaving does not serve those leaving. I take it that we may also agree on this basis, That we both support citizens of the Ukraine staying and fighting against the Russian invasion of their country.

AGAIN... the 118  billion dollar border bill did not address the invasion... the bill allocated 20 billion for the border and most of that was to further accommodate the invaders not stop them... it would fund as many as 50,000 immigrant detention beds, up from the current 34,000.

[Wrwest]

4 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

AGAIN... the 118  billion dollar border bill did not address the invasion... the bill allocated 20 billion for the border and most of that was to further accommodate the invaders not stop them... it would fund as many as 50,000 immigrant detention beds, up from the current 34,000.

Interesting. The US Senate Bill posted this graphic as part of the Bill you cite as the source? Ah, yes, the political compromise did take place. I can now better understand your statements and reasoning and concur. The total "package" was used as the means to gain bipartisan support for the passage of both addressing the Southern Border AND the international support. Yep, making sausage (messy process involving two security concerns ... domestic and global). So, it did address the Southern Border, having bipartisan support. And it addressed the needs of other global security concerns. Did you oppose this Bill because it was not addressing the Southern Border alone? (If so, we might also agree that "clean" Bills are preferred, although we would not be taking into account political reality).

 

[Skipalongcassidy]

6 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Interesting. The US Senate Bill posted this graphic as part of the Bill you cite as the source? Ah, yes, the political compromise did take place. I can now better understand your statements and reasoning and concur. The total "package" was used as the means to gain bipartisan support for the passage of both addressing the Southern Border AND the international support. Yep, making sausage (messy process involving two security concerns ... domestic and global). So, it did address the Southern Border, having bipartisan support. And it addressed the needs of other global security concerns. Did you oppose this Bill because it was not addressing the Southern Border alone? (If so, we might also agree that "clean" Bills are preferred, although we would not be taking into account political reality).

 

I opposed it because it did nothing to stem the tide... it financed accommodations and money to be given to the invaders... perhaps you should read it.

[impulse]

1 hour ago, Wrwest said:

So, it did address the Southern Border, having bipartisan support.

 

It never had bipartisan support.  It did have a Repub in the group that authored the bill.  So they deviously claimed it was a "bipartisan" bill. 

 

But it was DOA, with or without Trump's input.  

 

[riclag]

On 7/11/2024 at 6:43 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

Remember that next time you are out in public... for every 200 people there with you 1 of you will be a victim of a crime that day... for the mathematically challenged... everyday there are 16,475 victims of a crime in San Diego metro area... that  may be ok with you but not me... yes, you are blind.

I was visiting in San Diego  in 2023 !

I asked the Walmart clerk why the Underwear was behind locked glass cabinets. Her response, A sign of the times!

I reject all of these excuses for lawlessness!

[riclag]

4 hours ago, impulse said:

 

It never had bipartisan support.  It did have a Repub in the group that authored the bill.  So they deviously claimed it was a "bipartisan" bill. 

 

But it was DOA, with or without Trump's input.  

 

He later became a opposition to the dems reckless non existent vetting process!

 

[Wrwest]

On 7/13/2024 at 10:49 AM, impulse said:

 

It never had bipartisan support.  It did have a Repub in the group that authored the bill.  So they deviously claimed it was a "bipartisan" bill. 

 

But it was DOA, with or without Trump's input.  

 

We will never know as Trump stopped it before the House could have debated and voted.