{"id":2236327,"date":"2024-05-03T09:53:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-investigating-reports-that-unaccompanied-minors-sent-to-homes-with-ms-13-ties\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:56:16","slug":"grassley-investigating-reports-that-unaccompanied-minors-sent-to-homes-with-ms-13-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-investigating-reports-that-unaccompanied-minors-sent-to-homes-with-ms-13-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassley Probes Unaccompanied Minors Sent to MS-13 Linked Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrassley-investigating-reports-that-unaccompanied-minors-sent-to-homes-with-ms-13-ties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236327&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa is\u200c leading an investigation regarding unaccompanied illegal \u200cimmigrant children placed \u2063by HHS with\u2064 individuals in the U.S. \u200cassociated with MS-13.\u200b Grassley \u2063aims to review HHS\u200d and its contractors&#8217; practices in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-ralph-norman-biden-administration-at-war-with-all-faith-based-agencies\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Ralph Norman: Biden Administration \u2018at War with All Faith-Based Agencies\u2019\">finding homes<\/a> for these children, following concerns about improper vetting and possible connections to\u2063 child-smuggling or trafficking rings. Grassley has contacted nine contractors to assess their vetting processes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chuck-grassley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R-IA) announced an investigation this week into reports that unaccompanied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-democrats-who-could-be-impeached-by-their-own-standards\/\" title=\"7 Democrats Who Could Be Impeached By Their Own Standards\">illegal immigrant children<\/a> found at the southern border were being placed by HHS with people in the United States linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ms-13-gang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS-13<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grassely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/grassley-scrutinizes-hhss-improper-care-of-unaccompanied-migrant-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that he was \u201cconducting a sweeping review\u201d of how HHS and its contractors find homes in the United States for illegal immigrant children who are found at the border without a parent or guardian. The Iowa Republican said he had sent letters to nine contractors to determine more about their vetting and placement process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy office has been informed through legally-protected whistleblower disclosures, including contractor records, showing children were sponsored without proper vetting or care, and at addresses that may be part of possible child-smuggling or trafficking rings,\u201d Grassley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_deloitte_consulting_llc_-_orr_contractors_and_grantees.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in the letters.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShockingly, children were even placed by HHS and one of its contractors after they were notified of likely MS-13 gang affiliation in the household, and records related to this placement appear to have been deleted, a possible attempt to cover up actions taken by the contractor and HHS,\u201d he added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The contractors who Grassley reached out to were Deloitte Consulting LLP, Center for Family Services, General Information Dynamics Technology, Alba Care Services, Holy Family Institute, Global Refuge, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Morrison Child and Family Services, and Sunny Glen Children\u2019s Home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grassley told the providers to provide him with specifics on how sponsors for the children are verified, records on where and how the children were transported, and how the organization tracked outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The letters also referenced \u201can apparent obstructive instruction\u201d from HHS when it sent a letter on February 28 telling providers to direct questions about their work to the government agency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714657703188000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0-8IzS3B7axoRMsynY0m75\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI personally brought up HHS\u2019 obstructive conduct directly with HHS Secretary Becerra on March 14 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cAt the hearing, Secretary Becerra affirmed that contractors have the right to respond to this congressional inquiry. Furthermore, Congress has the constitutional authority, and the duty to conduct robust oversight on government agencies and contractors who receive taxpayer money for their work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An inspector general <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oei\/reports\/OEI-07-21-00250.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> released in February found that many children were released to sponsors who had not had their fingerprints checked or been run through state child abuse registries. The report also said that over a third of the time, HHS and its contractors did not ensure documents provided by the sponsor could even be read. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illegal immigration has remained high under President Joe Biden with record highs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-revives-catch-and-release-to-avoid-housing-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Revives \u2018Catch-And-Release\u2019 To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge\">unaccompanied children<\/a> being found at the border. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) launches an inquiry into HHS placing unaccompanied illegal immigrant children from the southern border with individuals in the U.S. associated with MS-13. Grassley vows a thorough review of HHS and its affiliates in securing homes for these minors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2236328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2071879929.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2071879929.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}