The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents
Washington released Tuesday by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch.In addition,1,303 complaints were reported to the Justice Department during that same time frame, according to the documents. Deutch addressed the documents during a high-profile House hearing Tuesday on the Trump administration's"zero tolerance" policy that resulted in thousands of immigrant children being separated from their parents.
Read MoreAxios first reported the documents."I am deeply concerned with documents that have been turned over by HHS that record a high number of sexual assaults on unaccompanied children in the custody of the Office of Refugee and Resettlement," Deutch said."Together, these documents detail an environment of systemic sexual assaults by staff on unaccompanied children.
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