Posted on 02/27/2024 3:57:08 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 27, 2024
Drummond demands answers from Biden Administration on migrant child trafficking OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 27, 2024) -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond has sent a letter demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FBI address a recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that found unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of the federal government are being released into unsafe situations, including into human trafficking.
“It is inexcusable that the Biden Administration is failing to provide proper oversight and protection for tens of thousands of vulnerable children,” Drummond said. “The situation along the nation’s southwest border is clearly out of control. The disastrous policies that have led to this chaos have devastating consequences for vulnerable migrant children. The failure to secure our border and enforce the laws passed by Congress endangers public safety in Oklahoma, and now we know this failure endangers the welfare of children as well.”
Attorneys general from 21 other states joined the letter, which expresses concern over the White House’s recent revelation that it cannot locate 85,000 migrant children for which it is responsible. The letter cites a February 2023 New York Times report that states many of these children have been forced into laboring for debilitating hours under dangerous conditions, often in violation of child-labor laws and resulting in grave injury and death. Others, the letter notes, are being sex trafficked. The Times investigation revealed that the federal government knowingly allowed these unaccompanied minors into the country and released them out of federal custody without conducting proper vetting and safety checks and in fact, “regularly ignored obvious signs of labor exploitation."
In a report issued this month, HHS’ OIG confirms and documents many of the issues found in the newspaper’s investigation, admitting that more than one-third of children's case files were flagged with safety concerns. In some instances, "address checks conducted by case managers yielded results such as vacant houses or nonresidential addresses, but no home studies were conducted before children were released to these sponsors." The attorneys general note that Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, recognizing this problem more than three months ago, asked the Department of Homeland Security for its plan to address this growing crisis but has not received a response. Now, the coalition of attorneys general are demanding the administration account for these reports in writing by May 1.
"Our states have a strong interest in enforcing state and federal law within our borders," the letter states. "We are also dedicated to fighting against human trafficking and are outraged that victims now include children that were in the federal government's care. Missing children must be identified and potential sponsors must be vetted."
Attorneys general from the following states also joined the letter: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
Thank you.
Biden Administration cannot locate 85,000 migrant children for which it is responsible
bttt
That number is at least a year old. It’s probably hundreds of thousands by now.
If you think about the money involved there would be a powerful incentive to keep trafficking kids.
It wouldn’t surprise me if some of the money is kicked back as campaign contributions.
Biden terminated the Trump rule which required DNA tests of children to match with their purported parents. Biden killed the safety measure in his first few days of office.
I notice Tishkabibble didn’t sign the letter. Wouldn’t want to make Bill Clinton or George Soros mad now, would we?
If you are interested, the Drummond family have an interesting past in OK.
They were merchants in Hominy, OK in the 1920’s and later.
They were accused of stealing from the Osage Indians they were guardians for.
The Drummond and Mullendore families bought King Hales land when he went to prison. Hale was the man that was having the Osage killed for their land and head rights.
The movie Killers of the Flower Moon barely scratched the surface of the corruption in the dealing with the Osage Nation.
Getner desperately wants to be the next governor so bad, he can taste it. Everything he says or does is calculated.
I know of Gentner..that's about it. Heard he's a prick...but a lot of lieyers are.
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