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Biden Admin Will Not Require FBI Checks For Child Migrant Caretakers At Temporary HHS Facilities

Emily Zanotti
Biden Admin Will Not Require FBI Checks For Child Migrant Caretakers At Temporary HHS Facilities
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The Biden administration has waived a requirement that individuals caring for unaccompanied child migrants at the United States-Mexico border pass an FBI background check, according to a Sunday report from The Associated Press.

Sunday, the outlet reported that, in order to quickly staff the dozens of temporary Health and Human Services-run sites holding the thousands of child migrants crossing the border, the Biden administration has waived mandatory FBI checks for caregivers.

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