FREE BEACON: Obama Admin Losing Track of Illegal Immigrant Children in U.S.

Children being released into potentially dangerous homes

Detained children sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville,Texas / AP

BY: Adam Kredo
February 22, 2016 3:00 pm

The Obama administration has lost track of scores of immigrant children who have been caught crossing into the United States illegally, according to a new government oversight report that found children are sometimes being placed into homes with other illegal immigrants and non-citizens.
Following a massive uptick in the number of immigrant children crossing into the United States, the Government Accountability Office discovered that children are being handed off to individuals who have not gone through vigorous background checks and may have criminal histories.
Regulations do not require that individuals taking custody of these kids “be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States,” according to the report, which has sparked investigations on Capitol Hill into the Obama administration’s handling of these immigrant children.

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