A standoff between Ted Deutch and HHS began after the Congressman accused the agency of putting migrant children in environments where they would be sexually abused
that he said showed that thousands of migrant children suffered sexual abuse in HHS custody over a four-year period, including hundreds of assaults by HHS staff.
The children were placed in shelters that were overseen by HHS contractors, not agency staff — a point that Deutch acknowledged after a witness disputed him, but that Deutch said did not change the thrust of his claim. "I saw thousands of cases of sexual abuse, if not by HHS staff, then by the people that HHS staff oversees," Deutch countered, referencing data that HHS shared with his office. "I will make that clarification, it doesn't make what happened any less horrific."
"These allegations were all fully investigated and remedial action was taken as appropriate," Hayes wrote to Deutch on Thursday.
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