Migrant tot found alone at border faces uncertain future as agencies struggle to vet sponsors: ‘A stain on our nation’
The 2-year-old migrant girl who crossed the border alone Sunday with only a note is an example of a child who could fall prey to sex traffickers thanks to overextended, underfunded US agencies, officials say.
The country’s broken immigration system is notorious for allowing thousands of kids to slip through the cracks, many of whom fall into nightmarish lives of abuse and exploitation, they said.
“This is such a stain on our nation,” said an exasperated Tara Lee Rodas, a whistleblower with the federal Department of Health and Human Services, to The Post on Monday.
Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Christopher Olivarez said, “It’s very concerning when we come across any type of child that’s coming across the border alone, especially with a piece of paper, because we don’t know exactly what happens to them on their journey and where they ended up afterwards.”
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