Migrant kids separated at border faced abuse in foster homes
WASHINGTON — This story is part of an ongoing joint investigation between The Associated Press and the PBS series FRONTLINE on the treatment of migrant children, which includes an upcoming film.Dozens of families separated at the border as part of the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy are preparing to sue the federal government, including several who say their young children were sexually, physically or emotionally abused in federally funded foster care.
The firm has filed 18 claims on behalf of nine families, totaling $54 million, and Walsh says dozens more are likely. Last year, HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement cared for nearly 50,000 children who crossed the border by themselves, as well as children who were separated from their families under the zero tolerance policy.
Six of the claims for damages involve children who were in foster care. And one recent court filing refers to a migrant child being abused in foster care. One Guatemalan mother whose 5-year-old daughter was placed in Cayuga last year says her little girl still wakes up crying from what she endured at the foster home.
A spokesman for Lutheran Social Services of New York, which oversees the Safe Haven foster program, declined to comment.
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