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HHS: 5 adults claiming to be parents of detained children ruled out by DNA tests
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Posted on 07/12/2018 9:21:55 AM PDT by MNDude

The Trump administration said it used DNA screenings to identify and rule out five adults who claimed to be parents of children being held at the southern border.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Tuesday that the agency found two adults through DNA swabbing who thought they were biological parents and were not.

Another three adults admitted they weren’t parents before the DNA swab was complete.

An HHS official said those individuals could have been human traffickers, and said the results show its screening process is working. The Trump administration is using DNA testing to reunite migrant families previously separated in order to prosecute adults illegally crossing the border.

“If we find out they are not the legal parent, then clearly we are not going to reunite them,” said Chris Meekins, a top HHS official overseeing the reunification process. “Our process may not be as quick as some would like, but there is no question it is protecting children.”

HHS is scrambling to comply with a court order to reunite children aged 4 and under with families by Tuesday, and children aged 5 to 17 by July 26.

Meekins said the Trump administration has reunited a total of 38 children with their parents, and identified a total of 75 out of 102 children in custody as eligible for reunification.

HHS last week said it is using DNA tests to speed up the process. The method will also ensure that children are not handed over to someone falsely claiming to be a parent, officials said.

Under normal circumstances, HHS would verify relationships using birth certificates or other documentation and use DNA testing as a backup.

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1 posted on 07/12/2018 9:21:55 AM PDT by MNDude
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Were they planning on selling them to child molesters?


2 posted on 07/12/2018 9:23:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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3 posted on 07/12/2018 9:24:57 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Maybe they were adoptive parents. ;)


4 posted on 07/12/2018 9:25:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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How long before a leftist judge rules dna testing violates an “immigrants” Rights?


5 posted on 07/12/2018 9:26:18 AM PDT by robel
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Don’t tell the DemocRATS. Children HAVE TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS


6 posted on 07/12/2018 9:27:25 AM PDT by CptnObvious (uestion her now.)
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Tuesday that the agency found two adults through DNA swabbing who thought they were biological parents and were not.

B.S. They were lying through their teeth.

7 posted on 07/12/2018 9:27:45 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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The Democrats will be outraged that Trump is insisting that only cis-parents be allowed to molest re-unite with the kids.
8 posted on 07/12/2018 9:27:56 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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s#!+hole country medical system? Hospital mixup?


9 posted on 07/12/2018 9:30:04 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Under Obama, the detention centers became shopping centers for pedophiles.

The media was publishing glowing reviews of compassionate, loving gay couples flying down from San Francisco and other places to “rescue” a “refugee” child.

Most just disappeared with no documentation or paper trail , never to be heard from again.

10 posted on 07/12/2018 9:31:05 AM PDT by rdcbn
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A new Pizzagate, Bordergate!


11 posted on 07/12/2018 9:33:57 AM PDT by ForAmerica (Texas Conservative Christian *born again believer in Jesus Christ* Black Man!)
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I hope they arrested them.


12 posted on 07/12/2018 9:34:13 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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Liberals demanded and got an end to the separation policy.

Except those claiming kids are not their parents Ooops!

Liberal silence over the fallout of their denunciation of Trump, shows they were never concerned about the kids in the first place.

Liberals always muck a situation up, leaving it worse than it was before

And you will never hear them say sorry.


13 posted on 07/12/2018 9:35:59 AM PDT by goldstategop (Croatian babes look thedThe In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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I wonder what the Idiot Judge will have to say about this? And, how about Chuckie Scumbag and his lackies, how will they explain this. More lies won’t work.


14 posted on 07/12/2018 9:37:01 AM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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“...cis-parents...”

WTH does that mean??????


15 posted on 07/12/2018 9:49:57 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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Is it or is it not a felony?


16 posted on 07/12/2018 9:55:40 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: MNDude

Illegal entry charges have just become kidnapping charges.

Sweet.


17 posted on 07/12/2018 9:56:44 AM PDT by moovova
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NaIl Democrats for seeming to shield child sex traffickers and other psychopaths...


18 posted on 07/12/2018 9:58:54 AM PDT by goldstategop (Croatian babes look thedThe In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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I seem to remember a study some years ago that found that a surprising number of husbands who are not the biological fathers of their wives’ children are completely unaware of that fact.


19 posted on 07/12/2018 9:59:15 AM PDT by William Tell
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Were they planning on selling them to child molesters?

Are they child molesters?

20 posted on 07/12/2018 10:00:31 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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