"The girl said she was sexually abused by an older child staying with her in foster care in Harlingen, Texas. A caregiver noticed the child's underwear was on backward, according to the lawsuit."
"Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) officials told the father that there had been an accident and his daughter would be examined. I asked them, What happened?' the father said."
A father waited five months for his daughter’s release from federal custody after she crossed the US-Mexico border. He learned of her alleged sexual abuse in foster care only after seeking court intervention. The girl was placed in a foster home following her separation from her mother, and her father faced delays in reunification due to government inefficiencies. The federal government intensified family detention policies in 2025, leading to increased detention times and risks for immigrant children. The father expressed concern that faster action could have prevented the abuse.
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