Largest Migrant Child Shelter Failed to Stop Sex Abuse, DOJ Says

July 19, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

Employees at the biggest private housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the US engaged in pervasive sexual assault and harassment of kids in their care, the Justice Department said in a lawsuit.

The DOJ filed a complaint against Southwest Key in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas alleging the nonprofit violated federal housing laws by failing to stop its workers from abusing kids, while reaping billions in federal contracts.

From 2015 to 2023, multiple Southwest Key workers subjected children at their facilities to instances of rape, solicitation of nude photos, and inappropriate touching, the DOJ ...

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