Claims: Migrant children molested in U.S.-funded foster care

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

A review of 38 legal claims obtained by The Associated Press — some of which have never been made public — shows taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $200 million in damages. More than 3,000 migrant children were taken from their parents at the border in recent years, and many more lawsuits are expected, potentially totaling in the billions.

The families — some in the U.S., others already deported to Central America — are represented by grassroots immigration clinics and nonprofit groups, along with some of the country's most powerful law firms. They're making claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act as a precursor to filing lawsuits. The FTCA allows individuals who suffer harm as a direct result of federal employees to sue the government.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/claims-migrant-children-molested-in-us-funded-foster-care/ar-AAFSMil?li=BBnbcA1

[PatrickforO]

1. Again, we must hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable.

The guards, the managers, the shareholders, the boards of directors, and the politicians, all the way up to the Traitor Tot are guilty of crimes against humanity. Now, when we win in 2020, there will be those who say, "Well, democracies don't imprison past presidents."

You know what I say to that?

Bull**it. When we have people in our executive branch that are so immoral, so dirty throughout their very souls, so sociopathic, they need to be prosecuted. The children who have died, these who have been molested, the thousands being held in cages inside buildings without showers. All of them are human beings, and the Trump administration has shown their inhumanity. Their vicious racist hatred.

This makes me sick.

[bearssoapbox]

2. I agree with everything thing you said.

IMO, they could be put under the jail and it would still be to good for them.

[VarryOn]

3. It's nauseating these children are treated...

as though they have no value by ICE, the smugglers, the guards, politicians, their home governments, and —and sad to say—our own government.

[malaise]

4. Nauseating is one thing but these are

crimes against humanity