Sen. Marshall Joins Grassley and Bicameral Colleagues in Calling Out Abuses in the Biden-Harris Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration's unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s cover-up of the crisis. HHS has failed to comply with two out of three Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subpoenas and other information requests issued amid its investigation into more than 100 suspicious sponsors identified.

Program Abuse

More than 500,000 unaccompanied migrant children have crossed the southwest border under the Biden-Harris administration, while cartel trafficking activity surged an estimated 2,500 percent. Amid this crisis, the lawmakers note that the Biden-Harris administration limited background checks for sponsors of unaccompanied children, cut back on familial DNA testing at the border and decreased information sharing with law enforcement.

Seeking Solutions

The lawmakers are urging Biden and Harris to "make changes to [their] policies and procedures" in order to "end this public safety crisis." They are specifically calling on the Biden-Harris administration to enhance information sharing with law enforcement and Congress, fully cooperate with DHS's child exploitation investigation and thoroughly respond to all congressional oversight requests.

"[The Biden-Harris HHS] must stop its cover-up and cooperate with law enforcement and Congress to end this crisis and protect unaccompanied children and the American people," the lawmakers concluded.

Read the full letter HERE.