He served as the deputy director for the office that oversees migrant children, and was brought back from another post to oversee reunification efforts. White said he was not aware that anyone the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services knew the policy was coming. Health and Human Services agencies manage the care of migrant children in the U.S., including those separated from their parents at the border. The court ruling involved about 2,700 children separated under the zero-tolerance policy where parents were criminally prosecuted for illegally entering the U.S. The committee also heard from a doctors, a child psychologist and advocacy groups that helped children separated by the Trump administration.

Source: Economic Times February 07, 2019 19:41 UTC