Attorney General Ashley Moody of Florida is taking a stand against the Biden administration's efforts to relax the vetting process for sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs). The 21st Florida Statewide Grand Jury previously revealed that the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and the Biden administration facilitated the trafficking of thousands of inadmissible immigrant children. ORR is now proposing a rule change to further loosen the vetting requirements for sponsors, and Attorney General Moody is not remaining silent.
Moody expressed her concern over the negative consequences of the Biden administration's immigration policies, stating, "It is an absolute travesty that thousands of children are suffering due to the Biden administration’s terrible immigration policies—both that mass numbers of inadmissible immigrants are incentivized to enter the country illegally and that many of these unaccompanied alien children are subject to sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other terrors at the hands of drug cartels. And now, the administration is even seeking to weaken their vetting policies for UAC sponsors."
In a letter sent to ORR, Attorney General Moody detailed Florida's ongoing investigation into the mistreatment of alien children by the federal government. The letter emphasized the grand jury's findings, which demonstrated that ORR had lost track of more than 20,000 UACs, placing them with unvetted sponsors without background checks and exposing them to human trafficking and abuse. Moody's letter highlighted the fact that if any resident of Florida exposed U.S.-born children to similar conditions, they would be arrested for child neglect or worse.
The grand jury's investigation also revealed that the only mandatory requirement for UAC sponsors was the completion and submission of a sponsorship application. No other vetting measures were mandated, and no findings during the vetting process automatically disqualified a sponsor. This lack of stringent vetting measures raised concerns about ORR's priorities.
Attorney General Moody has taken action by filing the grand jury's presentments as public comments on the proposed rule change. The comments submitted by Moody's office provide additional evidence of the federal government's mistreatment of alien children and call for the strengthening, rather than the weakening, of the vetting process for sponsors tasked with caring for these vulnerable children.
The fight against the Biden administration's lax vetting policies for UAC sponsors continues, with Attorney General Moody leading the charge. It is crucial to prioritize the safety and well-being of these children and ensure that they are not subjected to further harm or exploitation.
To find out more, go to this link: https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-moody-fights-back-against-bidens-push-lax-vetting-sponsors