During the Obama surge in illegal immigration, a [[whistleblower]] told Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]]'s office that 3,400 sponsors whom DHS placed children with had criminal histories including homicide, child molestation, sexual assault and human trafficking.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/24/obama-administration-released-illegal-immigrant-ch/</ref> The Obama administration implemented a program of not doing background checks on people claiming to be sponsors of undocumented children.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/overwhelmed-border-agents-failed-to-protect-undocumented-minors-report-says</ref> Efforts by the government to locate many of the children and their sponsors later were unsuccessful. | During the Obama surge in illegal immigration, a [[whistleblower]] told Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]]'s office that 3,400 sponsors whom DHS placed children with had criminal histories including homicide, child molestation, sexual assault and human trafficking.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/24/obama-administration-released-illegal-immigrant-ch/</ref> The Obama administration implemented a program of not doing background checks on people claiming to be sponsors of undocumented children.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/overwhelmed-border-agents-failed-to-protect-undocumented-minors-report-says</ref> Efforts by the government to locate many of the children and their sponsors later were unsuccessful. |