Federal Judge Allows Re-Vetting For Sponsors of Migrant Teens

A Washington federal judge refused to block the government from repeating its full vetting process when releasing migrant teenagers from custody to sponsors who have already been approved.

Judge Carl Nichols of the US District Court for the District of Columbia found that the administration wasn’t legally barred from re-vetting sponsors after migrant children land in government custody again.

He noted that Congress gave dual obligations to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement: to care for unaccompanied migrant children and to place them with family members.

“Requiring sponsors to submit new applications may err more ...