Current Events > Federal agency says it lost track of 1488 migrant children

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Antifar
09/19/18 8:59:03 PM
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https://apnews.com/aad956b7281f4057aaac1ef4b5732f12

Twice in less than a year, the federal government has lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children after placing them in the homes of sponsors across the country, federal officials have acknowledged.

The Health and Human Services Department recently told Senate staffers that case managers could not find 1,488 children after they made follow-up calls to check on their safety from April through June. That number represents about 13 percent of all unaccompanied children the administration moved out of shelters and foster homes during that time.

The agency first disclosed that it had lost track of 1,475 children late last year, as it came under fire at a Senate hearing in April. Lawmakers had asked HHS officials how they had strengthened child protection policies since it came to light that the agency previously had rolled back safeguards meant to keep Central American children from ending up in the hands of human traffickers.

The fact that HHS, which placed these unaccompanied minors with sponsors, doesnt know the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 of them is very troubling, Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, the panels chair, said Wednesday. Many of these kids are vulnerable to trafficking and abuse, and to not take responsibility for their safety is unacceptable.

HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley disputed the notion that the children were lost.

Their sponsors, who are usually parents or family members and in all cases have been vetted for criminality and ability to provide for them, simply did not respond or could not be reached when this voluntary call was made, she said in a statement.

Since October 2014, the federal government has placed more than 150,000 unaccompanied minors with parents or other adult sponsors who are expected to care for the children and help them attend school while they seek legal status in immigration court.

On Tuesday, members of a Senate subcommittee introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at requiring the agency to take responsibility for the care of migrant children, even when they are no longer in its custody.

An Associated Press investigation found in 2016 that more than two dozen unaccompanied children had been sent to homes where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay. At the time, many adult sponsors didnt undergo thorough background checks, government officials rarely visited homes and in some cases had no idea that sponsors had taken in several unrelated children, a possible sign of human trafficking.

Since then, HHS has boosted outreach to at-risk children deemed to need extra protection, and last year offered post-placement services to about one-third of unaccompanied minors, according to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

But advocates say it is hard to know how many minors may be in dangerous conditions, in part because some disappear before social workers can follow up with them and never show up in court.

From April to June, HHS called 11,254 children the agency had placed with sponsors, and found 25 of the children had run away, and 1,488 could not be located, according to the data provided to the subcommittee.

Portman began investigating after a case in his home state of Ohio in which eight Guatemalan teens were placed with human traffickers and forced to work on egg farms under threats of death. Six people have been convicted and sentenced to federal prison for their participation in the trafficking scheme that began in 2013.

The legislation comes as the Trump administration faces litigation over its family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexican border, which while it was in effect sent hundreds more children into the HHS system of shelters and foster care. Some of those children since have been reunited with their families, while others have been placed with sponsors.

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Freddie_Mercury
09/19/18 9:00:31 PM
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Tmaster148
09/19/18 9:01:00 PM
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I didn't really expect anything less given the handling of the situation to begin with.
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DirkDiggles
09/19/18 9:01:12 PM
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The Trump administration is full of idiots.
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joestarrr
09/19/18 9:01:13 PM
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:(
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__aCEr__
09/19/18 9:01:17 PM
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Oops
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LightningAce11
09/19/18 9:02:02 PM
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Whoever was in charge should be strung up.
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Lordgold666
09/19/18 9:02:06 PM
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What an odd number to lose living beings..
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DarkTransient
09/19/18 9:02:22 PM
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So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?
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Antifar
09/19/18 9:03:55 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

The AP is not the one "slipping" 1488 here!
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sktgamer_13dude
09/19/18 9:05:29 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!
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DarkTransient
09/19/18 9:06:28 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!


Nah, it's just kinda funny how it was all about "neo-nazi dogwhistles!" with the first one, but now it's being accepted as just, y'kno, the actual statistic.
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sktgamer_13dude
09/19/18 9:07:27 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!


Nah, it's just kinda funny how it was all about "neo-nazi dogwhistles!" with the first one, but now it's being accepted as just, y'kno, the actual statistic.

sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!

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DarkTransient
09/19/18 9:08:16 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!


Nah, it's just kinda funny how it was all about "neo-nazi dogwhistles!" with the first one, but now it's being accepted as just, y'kno, the actual statistic.

sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!


Could've said the same to you liberals the other way around with the first report.
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Antifar
09/19/18 9:08:40 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
Nah, it's just kinda funny how it was all about "neo-nazi dogwhistles!" with the first one, but now it's being accepted as just, y'kno, the actual statistic.

If it is a neo-Nazi dogwhistle (and it may well be), it is coming from the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration, not the AP
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sktgamer_13dude
09/19/18 9:09:42 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!


Nah, it's just kinda funny how it was all about "neo-nazi dogwhistles!" with the first one, but now it's being accepted as just, y'kno, the actual statistic.

sktgamer_13dude posted...
DarkTransient posted...
So are we still assuming any outlet that slips "1488" into their articles is secretly neo-nazis, or does this not apply to leftist outlets?

Who gives a fuck about the kids when theres LIBERALS I can bitch about!


Could've said the same to you the other way around with the first report.

Then do it. Show me where I said it was a neo-Nazi dogwhistle.

Im waiting.
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DarkTransient
09/19/18 9:50:24 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
Then do it. Show me where I said it was a neo-Nazi dogwhistle.

Im waiting.


Sure, when you show me where I said specifically that you said that, rather than liberals in general.
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Antifar
09/19/18 10:24:45 PM
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Bump
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DarkTransient
09/19/18 10:26:15 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
@sktgamer_13dude posted...
Then do it. Show me where I said it was a neo-Nazi dogwhistle.

Im waiting.


Sure, when you show me where I said specifically that you said that, rather than liberals in general.

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solosnake
09/19/18 10:27:20 PM
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Hopefully they havent been funneled to the pedo camps :(
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Antifar
09/19/18 10:28:57 PM
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To reiterate: HHS is the one using 1488 here, not the "leftist outlet" AP
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treewojima
09/19/18 10:29:23 PM
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what an unfortunate coincidence that number is lol
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monkmith
09/19/18 10:32:38 PM
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so trump is still keeping the pizza gate filled?
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DarkTransient
09/19/18 10:32:50 PM
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Antifar posted...
To reiterate: HHS is the one using 1488 here, not the "leftist outlet" AP


It's really something that what you took from my posts was "I should keep calling it out as a dogwhistle", rather than "maybe it's actually just the legit statistic".
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dontIoseyourway
09/19/18 10:34:22 PM
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interesting
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thronedfire2
09/19/18 10:36:34 PM
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HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley disputed the notion that the children were lost.

Their sponsors, who are usually parents or family members and in all cases have been vetted for criminality and ability to provide for them, simply did not respond or could not be reached when this voluntary call was made, she said in a statement.

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iPhone_7
09/19/18 10:37:57 PM
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Dont blame Trump when Hillary Emails Clinton would have handheld it even worse on purpose.

So, yeah

take that antifa
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Sativa_Rose
09/19/18 10:40:15 PM
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A lot of them are teenagers, so it's not that shocking that many ran away from their foster homes and stuff.
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Frolex
09/19/18 11:37:22 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
It's really something that what you took from my posts was "I should keep calling it out as a dogwhistle", rather than "maybe it's actually just the legit statistic".


what people took from your posts was a pathetic and transparent attempt to derail, now it's just a matter of laughing at you for being wrong
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A Novel Idea
09/19/18 11:49:33 PM
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Wow, did they really use 1488? Fucking yikes lol
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solosnake
09/19/18 11:54:46 PM
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A Novel Idea posted...
Wow, did they really use 1488? Fucking yikes lol

whats the big deal? I dont get it
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Bio1590
09/19/18 11:54:56 PM
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This is what, the second time in less than a year a Nazi dog-whistle has shown up from a department dealing with immigrants?

Jesus
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sktgamer_13dude
09/20/18 12:08:45 AM
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DarkTransient posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
Then do it. Show me where I said it was a neo-Nazi dogwhistle.

Im waiting.


Sure, when you show me where I said specifically that you said that, rather than liberals in general.

It's kind of sad that you keep trying to make this topic that is about children that HHS doesn't know where they are into a topic about how much you hate liberals.

Like, you wonder why we think you're a joke and you keep proving it in every topic you post in.
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:10:25 AM
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solosnake posted...
A Novel Idea posted...
Wow, did they really use 1488? Fucking yikes lol

whats the big deal? I dont get it


It's some neo-nazi code or something. And people seem to have forgotten that aside from that, it's also... y'kno, a number.

Bio1590 posted...
This is what, the second time in less than a year a Nazi dog-whistle has shown up from a department dealing with immigrants?

Jesus


This is literally a newer article relating to the same matter. It isn't a "second time" it's shown up.
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CircleOfManias
09/20/18 12:20:42 AM
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DarkTransient posted...

This is literally a newer article relating to the same matter. It isn't a "second time" it's shown up.


Really?
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/02/15/we-must-secure-border-and-build-wall-make-america-safe-again
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Jaghave
09/20/18 12:22:08 AM
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Guess they are as elusive as cats
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Bio1590
09/20/18 12:23:41 AM
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DarkTransient posted...

This is literally a newer article relating to the same matter. It isn't a "second time" it's shown up.

It's actually not, but nice try. How many more topics are you going to embarrass yourself in tonight?

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/twitter-explodes-after-homeland-security-headline-appears-to-mimic-14-words-neo-nazi-slogan/

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/02/15/we-must-secure-border-and-build-wall-make-america-safe-again

It's actually the second time in less than 9 months lmfao
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Esrac
09/20/18 12:48:08 AM
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solosnake posted...
A Novel Idea posted...
Wow, did they really use 1488? Fucking yikes lol

whats the big deal? I dont get it


1488 is a white supremacist, Neo-Nazi thing.

The 14 stands for the "14 Words".

"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

The 88 is code for Heil Hitler. H is the 8th letter in the alphabet. 88 = HH = Heil Hitler.

If you see or hear 1488, there is a good chance it's a Neo-Nazi using it. Or trolls with irreverent senses of humor larping as Nazis. Or Nazis pretending to be trolls larping as Nazis.
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