Workers who helped care for migrant children on a military base in Texas say they witnessed “gross mismanagement and specific endangerment to public health and safety.” Laurie Elkin and Justin Mulaire were temporarily assigned in mid-May by the Department of Health and Human Services to help care for illegal immigrant youth at an emergency site on Fort Bliss, a military base outside of El Paso. Thousands of young migrants were once housed there in large tents amid a continuing surge of illegal immigration during the Biden era. The site started accepting children in late March. About 800 remained as of late June. Elkin and Mulaire said in a whistleblower complaint lodged this week that they saw major issues but were discouraged from reporting what they witnessed, including being told to provide no feedback during their first 10 days of work. The pair, who are attorneys in the Chicago District Office of the …
Whistleblowers Say They Saw Major Problems at Migrant Child Facility in Texas
July 8, 2021
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