HOUSTON — The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety.

In the rush to get children out of overcrowded and often unsuitable Border Patrol sites, President Joe Biden’s team is turning to a measure used by previous administrations: tent camps, convention centers and other huge facilities operated by private contractors and funded by U.S. Health and Human Services. In March alone, the Biden administration announced it will open eight new emergency sites across the Southwest adding 15,000 new beds, more than doubling the size of its existing system.

  • half_giraffe [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    ...huge facilities operated by private contractors...These emergency sites don’t have to be licensed by state authorities or provide the same services as permanent HHS facilities. They also cost far more, an estimated $775 per child per day.

    Let's see:

    ✅ Trump era policy

    ✅ Enriching private capitalists

    ✅ More cruel than before, somehow

    ✅ More expensive

    Ooo boy I can feel the harm reducing already :matt-jokerfied:

  • el_principito [he/him,none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    40% of my work is in this shit and specifically with minors who’ve been released to sponsors

    Weird sponsors can’t get sussed out quickly enough, unfortunately. I have a feeling it’s gonna take a lot longer :sadness-abysmal: