U.s. Government Loses Almost 1,500 Migrant Children

[TheMorningStar]

Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to testimony before a Senate subcommittee Thursday.

The Health and Human Services Department has a limited budget to track the welfare of vulnerable unaccompanied minors, and realized that 1,475 children could not be found after making follow-up calls to check on their safety, an agency official said.

http://time.com/5256734/government-missing-migrant-children/

 

[Brillig]

Holy crap, how is that even possible?!?

 

[Prettypink513]

Holy crap, how is that even possible?!?

right. and watch the government try to criminalize them when they grow up smh

 

[Sjalawine]

How is that not possible? They were sent here with a name or an address and we just shipped them off. I doubt much time was put into finding out who the person really was that they were sent to live with. They just needed to go somewhere and going back wasn't an option. Plus there's has to be some that have turned 18 since then.

 

[Peanut2]

A modern day Orphan Train Rider story.

 

[Sejanus]

Invisible People

 

[Jellybean1711]

Don't they get support payments for them? Follow the money trail.