Twice in less than a year, the federal government has lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children after placing them in the homes of sponsors across the country, federal officials have acknowledged. That number represents about 13 per cent of all unaccompanied children the administration moved out of shelters and foster homes during that time. The agency first disclosed that it had lost track of 1,475 children late last year, as it came under fire at a Senate hearing in April. “The fact that HHS, which placed these unaccompanied minors with sponsors, doesn’t know the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 of them is very troubling,” Republican Sen. Some of those children since have been reunited with their families, while others have been placed with sponsors.

Source: National Post September 19, 2018 22:52 UTC