Lawmakers Question HHS' Handling of Unaccompanied Minors

During a recent hearing, House Republicans questioned why the Office of Refugee Resettlement would send 100 children to the same address.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, on Aug. 3, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

During a recent hearing, House Republicans questioned why the Office of Refugee Resettlement would send 100 children to the same address.

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations lawmakers raised concerns over the handling of illegal migrant children by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Secretary Xavier Becerra appeared before the subcommittee to address these issues.