New fees in One Big Beautiful Bill to have big impact on unaccompanied migrant minors
By Nicol Leon
(EXCERPT)
Subjecting unaccompanied minors to body exams for tattoos could put the children at risk of sexual abuse and trauma, said Wendy Cervantes, director of immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy. In 2024, the U.S. Justice Department under the Biden administration alleged in a civil lawsuit that children were sexually abused by employees of Southwest Key, a nonprofit that contracted with the federal government to provide housing for unaccompanied minors. The Trump administration dropped the lawsuit in March.
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