WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration struggled to properly vet and monitor the homes where they placed a surge of migrant children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021, according to a federal watchdog report released Thursday.
In about a third of the cases reviewed by the federal watchdog, the agency did not have legible documentation for the adults on file.
The federal watchdog analyzed the case files of more than 300 migrant children from early 2021, months after thousands of children had trekked to the U.S. border seeking asylum.
HHS is supposed to obtain IDs for the adults – called sponsors – who take in migrant children.
And, for every five cases, HHS didn’t follow up to check on the children it had placed, often for months.
Persons:
—, Biden, ”, Haley Lubeck, “, Jeff Nesbit, Joe Biden, –
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, of Health, Human Services, HHS
Locations:
U.S, Mexico