GOP rep urges HHS to halt reported plan to release child migrants before background checks completed
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., on Wednesday wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, urging him to change course after reports that the department will allow migrant children to be released to sponsors before background checks are completed, and is allowing staff to work at facilities without FBI checks.
Fleischmann Letter to HHS Secretary by Fox News on Scribd Fleischmann, who serves as the ranking member of the House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee, cited a Wall Street Journal report which said that unaccompanied migrant children in HHS custody could soon be released before sponsors’ background checks have been completed.More Related News