The Department of Justice has said in a lawsuit that Southwest Key Programs has allowed the rape and abuse of illegal immigrant children at its "Youth care" facilities as the children await sponsorship in the US. The "Non-profit organization" has been contracted by the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security.
Southwest Key Programs is the largest housing service for unaccompanied children in the country.
According to a lawsuit that was launched this past week by the DOJ, Southwest Key Programs staff have repeatedly covered for each other as employees preyed on children at the different facilities.
In fiscal year 2024 alone, the Biden administration has shelled out $1 billion to Southwest Key Programs, with the majority coming from DHS and some funding from the Department of Education.
The last large lump sum payment from the federal government was paid out in May 2024, with over $470 million going to the agency and they received a smaller $15 million in June.
"In some cases, Southwest Key employees threatened children to maintain their silence. In harassing these children, these Southwest Key employees exploited the children's vulnerabilities, language barriers, and distance from family and loved ones," the lawsuit adds.
"The children who are entrusted to Southwest Key's care are at the heart of this case. The aggrieved children range in age from as young as five years old to teenagers just shy of eighteen years old." The lawsuit comes as more reporting has revealed that unaccompanied minors are often subject to terrible conditions after they are taken into the US. Under the Biden administration, a policy that hands off illegal immigrant children to "Sponsors" in the US has also come under scrutiny as it has been revealed that many unaccompanied minors have been sent to homes linked to criminal activity and labor trafficking.
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