The Department of Health and Human Services did not adequately screen workers who were working at emergency intake centers during the initial days of the migrant crisis.
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The Office of Inspector General visited 10 of the 14 emergency intake sites and one of the influx care facilities that were set up in early 2021 as numbers of unaccompanied minors coming to the southern border rocketed amid a broader migrant crisis that is still underway two years later. HOUSE REPUBLICANS INCREASE PRESSURE ON BIDEN ADMIN OVER REPORTS OF SURGE IN FORCED CHILD MIGRANT LABOR
The watchdog found that of a sample of 229 background checks at the intake sites, only 30 of 229 employees had an FBI fingerprint check conducted in a timely manner, only 9 had a timely background check for child abuse and neglect, and only 25 of 78 had a DOJ sex offender registry check conducted in a timely manner. Others were either not conducted or conducted late.
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