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Anonymous ID: 1cc59c Sept. 27, 2022, 7:32 p.m. No.17593944   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4019 >>4029 >>4118

U.S. whistleblowers aiding migrant children feared retaliation, watchdog report says

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-whistleblowers-aiding-migrant-children-feared-retaliation-watchdog-2022-09-27

 

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S. government workers feared retaliation for raising concerns last year about the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children on a Texas military base, where children have been held amid record arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a watchdog report released on Tuesday.

 

Two U.S. government employees said they experienced retaliation after they sounded alarms about the conditions at Fort Bliss, which has been used for emergency housing since March 2021, according to the report issued by the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) inspector general's office.

 

The alleged acts of retaliation, which included demotion and removal from assignments, may have caused a broader "whistleblower chilling," the inspector general's office said, "effectively scaring staff into withholding any complaints or reports of wrongdoing."

 

The whistleblowers cited in Tuesday's report included a staff member working with HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) leadership. ORR oversees the care and custody of unaccompanied minors.

 

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Anonymous ID: 1cc59c Sept. 27, 2022, 7:45 p.m. No.17594003   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4019 >>4029 >>4118

Ron DeSantis DID speak with Joe Biden after the president faced a slew of criticism for not calling ahead of Category 3 Hurricane Ian's landfall

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11256761/DeSantis-speak-Biden-president-faced-criticism-not-calling-ahead-hurricane.html

 

  • Joe Biden spoke with Republican Governor Ron DeSantis Tuesday afternoon

 

  • Comes following criticism that the president did not speak with the governor as Category 3

 

  • Hurricane Ian makes its way toward the Gulf Coast of Florida

 

  • Biden called the mayors of three cities in Florida, two Democrat and one GOP

 

  • FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell confirmed that she spoke with DeSantis on Friday regarding preparation for the storm

 

  • Criswell said communication between Biden and DeSantis' administration had 'zero' impact on how FEMA functions