Warren slams Kennedy’s 'disregard for child welfare' amid immigration crackdown
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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the impact of federal immigration surges on children's health.
Expanding her probes into Trump administration policies, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is demanding answers from Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the impact of federal immigration surges on children's health.
In a letter to Kennedy first obtained by ABC News, Warren, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, and other congressional Democrats expressed concern that the health department is failing in its responsibility to protect the wellbeing of children.
"This disregard for child welfare undermines the government's core child-protection obligations," the lawmakers wrote. "Yet your agency [HHS] does not appear to be taking any action to speak out against or investigate the impacts of the Trump Administration's immigration agenda on children," they wrote.
The letter says the federal operations from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "risk traumatizing children and depriving them of access to education and basic services, with lasting consequences for their behavioral, physical, academic, and emotional wellbeing."
Warren told ABC News, "Donald Trump promised two things: he would lower costs for American families and he would keep families safe."
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