Sexual Assault Of Detained Migrant Children Reported In The Thousands Since 2015

Richard Gonzales - NPR

"In each of the past four years, 1,000 or more immigrant children who arrived at the southern U.S. border without their parents have reported being sexually abused while in government custody," says this article from NPR, citing federal records that have recently been released. "Together these documents detail an environment of systemic sexual assault by staff on unaccompanied children," said Representative Ted Deutch of the US state of Florida.