The complaints include allegations of inappropriate touching, staff members allegedly watching minors while they bathed, and showing pornographic videos to minors.
From October 2014 to July 2018, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a part of Health and Human Services, received 4,556 complaints relating to child abuse.
The Department of Justice received an additional 1,303 complaints, including 178 allegations of child sexual abuse by adult staff. Health and Human Services officials said the vast majority of allegations weren't substantiated, and they defended their care of children. "We share the concern," said Jonathan White, a Health and Human Services official who was in charge of the effort to reunify children with their parents, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday."We abide fully with the laws this Congress has passed, and we are very proud of our outstanding track record of full compliance including referring every allegation for investigation.
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