EXCLUSIVE: Republican senators are accusing the Department of Health and Human Services of "knowingly" transferring unaccompanied migrant children to criminals, based on a new whistleblower claim.
In letters to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., first obtained by Fox News Digital, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and other GOP senators demand a hearing to investigate the shocking whistleblower claim.
"We write in response to recently reported claims by federal employee whistleblower that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is knowingly transferring unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of criminals, including sex traffickers," the senators wrote.
"This cannot be swept under the rug. Congress must immediately take action to stop the atrocities this whistleblower claims are being committed by the federal government itself," they wrote. "The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs must call a hearing to further investigate these whistleblower claims."
The senators cited recently released video of a former HHS employee, Tara Lee Rodas, who was detailed to the Emergency Intake Site in Pomona, California. Senators said her testimony described several "disturbing" claims about the agency's Unaccompanied Children Program, including the department's failure to place children into the homes of "safe, non-criminal sponsors."
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