Whistleblowers Say They Saw Major Problems at Unaccompanied Child Facility in Texas

Children and teenagers who illegally crossed the U.S.–Mexico border wait to be processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas, on March 14, 2021. Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP

Workers who helped care for children who crossed into the country illegally say they witnessed “gross mismanagement and specific endangerment to public health and safety” at a military base in Texas.

Laurie Elkin and Justin Mulaire were temporarily assigned in mid-May by the Department of Health and Human Services to help care for illegal immigrant youth at an emergency site on Fort Bliss, a military base outside of El Paso.