Dozens of incidents of sexual abuse involving unaccompanied migrant children were reported at border shelters, according to Judicial Watch documents released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
At least 33 sexual abuse incidents occurred between January 21 and February 26 this year - just as President Joe Biden worked to dismantle Donald Trump's tough immigration policies.
Within hours of taking office, Biden sent a far reaching immigration bill to Congress, to ease the path to U.S. citizenship and ended construction of Trump's wall.
Documents released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed 33 incidents of sexual abuse involving unaccompanied migrant children at the United State's southern border (pictured: UACs aged three to nine inside a playpen at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas)
In the roughly one month period, the watchdog group Judicial Watch also reported 12 cases of physical abuse involving unaccompanied alien children (pictured: UACs inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas)
By the end of January he lifted restrictions on immigration visas and reversed Trump's travel bans on predominantly Muslim countries, telling reporters: 'I'm not making new law. I'm eliminating bad policy.'
He also voided the Trump administration's executive order that called for the immediate deportation of all undocumented immigrants living in the US.
The result has triggered a surge of immigrants arriving at the southern border despite repeated claims from administration officials that they inherited a broken system.
The HHS documents detail just how 'broken' the situation is.
In the roughly one month period, the HHS documents show that watchdog group Judicial Watch reported 12 cases of physical abuse involving unaccompanied alien children (UAC), and the incident reports are detailed in the document obtained by Fox News.
In January, one staff member reported that a fellow employee was allegedly mistreating a seven-year-old boy at the Texas border. While no injuries were reported the document noted that the incident had not been investigated and was not reported to local law enforcement.
The 'resolution' was cited as: 'Staff involved in incident was removed from supervision of child.'
A month later a 13-year-old girl from Honduras, who is currently a UAC in the Friends of Youth program in Renton, Washington, told her case manager that her foster parent hits her when she gets angry.
While most instances cited program staff members as perpetrators of
