Audio Released Detailing Complaints of Abuse of Unaccompanied Minors at Migrant Facility

Audio Released Detailing Complaints of Abuse of Unaccompanied Minors at Migrant Facility
A minor walks over others inside a pod for females at the Department of Homeland Security holding facility run by the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in Donna, Texas, on March 30, 2021. Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool/Getty Images
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After two federal workers came forward as whistleblowers filing a complaint with Congress over how unaccompanied minors are being treated at a temporary facility at Fort Bliss, audio recordings of conversations have been released and published by NBC News.

Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, and part of the largest Department of Defense “controlled airspace” in the world, is where unaccompanied minor children have been held since the spring under the oversight of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HHS contracted with multiple groups to provide a range of services.

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