Child-Abuse

Senator Ossoff documents 510 credible reports of ICE detention abuse including child mistreatment

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Senator Jon Ossoff’s investigation identified 510 credible reports of human rights abuse in ICE detention, including 41 cases of physical or sexual abuse, 18 reports of child mistreatment, and 14 reports of pregnant women abuse. At Krome detention center, the facility held 1,200 more people …

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Linda McMahon named in lawsuit alleging WWE covered up child sexual abuse

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Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon was named in a lawsuit alleging she and Vince McMahon turned a blind eye to years of sexual abuse of underage “ring boys” by WWE announcer Melvin Phillips in the 1980s-90s. The lawsuit claims the McMahons knew about Phillips’ …

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HHS Inspector General Reveals Thousands More Children Separated Than Disclosed

| Importance: 8/10

A damning report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General revealed on January 17, 2019 that the Trump administration had separated thousands more children from their parents than previously disclosed, beginning as early as summer 2017—nearly a year before the …

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Trump Signs Executive Order "Ending" Family Separation After International Outcry

| Importance: 8/10

After weeks of international condemnation and bipartisan criticism, President Trump signed an executive order on June 20, 2018 ostensibly ending the family separation policy his administration had deliberately implemented. The order came after intense public pressure, including from many …

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Trump Family Separation Policy Detains 5,500 Children in Cages

| Importance: 9/10

The Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ family separation policy forcibly removed over 5,500 children from their parents at the border, detaining them in cages at facilities described as ‘concentration camps’ by historians. Children as young as 4 months were taken, …

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Kirstjen Nielsen Defends Family Separation as Deterrent, Later Denies Policy Exists

| Importance: 8/10

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen explicitly acknowledged in a May 10, 2018 NPR interview that the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy would necessarily separate families, defending the practice as equivalent to standard law enforcement. Yet within weeks, Nielsen would …

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Jeff Sessions Announces "Zero Tolerance" Policy Designed to Separate Families

| Importance: 9/10

On April 6, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a “zero tolerance” policy for unauthorized border crossings that was explicitly designed to separate children from their parents as a deterrent to asylum seekers and migrants. The policy marked a deliberate escalation from …

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Palm Beach police investigation begins after parent reports $300 payment to 14-year-old

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Palm Beach Police Department begins investigating Jeffrey Epstein after a parent reports finding $300 in their 14-year-old daughter’s room and learns it came from Epstein for a ‘massage.’ This marks the beginning of the law enforcement investigation that would eventually expose …

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