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US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities
Read full article: US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilitiesThese emergency sites don’t have to be licensed by state authorities or provide the same services as permanent HHS facilities. AdDuring former President Donald Trump’s administration, HHS for months did not ensure FBI fingerprint checks or child welfare screenings were done for workers at a large camp in Tornillo, Texas. HHS’ inspector general warned then that FBI fingerprint checks “provide a unique safeguard” over most commercial background checks that search a person’s name. “While the various background checks could identify some past criminal convictions or sexual offenses, these checks were not as extensive as the FBI fingerprint background checks,” the inspector general found. The Red Cross and HHS for several days refused to acknowledge that the volunteers weren’t given FBI fingerprint checks.
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Seeking refuge in US, children fleeing danger are expelled
Read full article: Seeking refuge in US, children fleeing danger are expelledLawyers and advocates have sharply criticized the administration for using the global pandemic as a pretext to deport children to places of danger. And even though they were expelled under an emergency declaration citing the virus, they were never tested for COVID-19, the boy said. Three weeks after their uncle was killed, the children fled Honduras, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone. Spokesmen for both agencies have refused to answer most questions about how they treat roughly 70,000 adults and children expelled under the emergency declaration issued in March. He was able to call his mother from custody once before he and his sister were expelled.