Report offers insights about unaccompanied migrant children sponsorship
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For Immediate Release
Contact:Â Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Feb. 15, 2024
**Administration Must Ensure Children's Safety **
**WASHINGTON D.C.** - A newly released report from the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General
indicates that in a significant percentage of cases in 2021, HHS did not
properly vet or follow up with sponsors for unaccompanied migrant
children, or document its work.
The agency says it has since improved. It faced similar criticisms a
year ago amid reports of migrant children working dangerous jobs, in
violation of child labor laws.
"Protecting children must remain paramount," said
**Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"HHS and the Biden administration more broadly must take these findings
seriously and do everything in their power to ensure that children are
safe.Â
"Congress should support these efforts not only by exercising oversight,
but also by providing additional resources to ensure that agencies are
adequately funded to screen sponsors and act in the best interest of
children."
The new report is available online
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