[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9077]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ABUSING FOREIGN MINORS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the United States is very quick to 
criticize other nations for human rights abuses, especially when those 
abuses are caused by foreign government employees. But while the U.S. 
is crusading against human rights abuses in other parts of the world, 
it should not ignore human rights abuses here in America.
  Allegations are coming to light that government employees of the 
Office of Refugee Resettlement are abusing--sexually--immigrant minors 
that are detained in Federal custody. According to the Houston 
Chronicle, over 100 incidents have been reported where U.S. Federal 
workers had improper sexual contact with foreign minors. That includes 
everything from inappropriate touching to forced sex with children. 
Some minors were threatened with deportation if they ever told the 
authorities.
  The reports also show that not one worker has been held accountable 
or prosecuted for such criminal conduct. If crimes have been committed, 
these criminals need to be locked up in a jailhouse. The United States 
cannot be the world leader for human rights when employees of our own 
government sexually abuse foreign minor children on American soil.
  And that's just the way it is.

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