Democ­rats Move To Loosen Over­sight Of ‘Spon­sors’ That Take—And Often Lose—Migrant Chil­dren

Sen­ate Democ­rats on Tues­day dou­bled down on a pro­gram that has lost at least 85,000 “unac­com­pa­nied alien chil­dren,” propos­ing to move chil­dren to the spon­sors even more quick­ly, and with even less oversight.Sen. Jeff Merkley (D‑OR) and oth­er Democ­rats intro­duced the “Children’s Safe Wel­come Act of 2024,” which would require that with­in sev­en days of receiv­ing an appli­ca­tion from an adult who wants to “spon­sor” a child who cross­es the bor­der with­out par­ents, the Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices mus …