DOJ accuses Texas company of sexually abusing migrant kids

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The Justice Department says Southwest Key employees, including supervisors, have assaulted children since at least 2015.

Southwest Key national headquarters in Austin. The U.S. Justice Department has accused the organization of systematic sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in its care.We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.

Based in Austin, Southwest Key is the largest provider of housing to unaccompanied migrant children, operating under grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It has 29 child migrant shelters: 17 in Texas, 10 in Arizona and two in California. Children were threatened with violence against themselves or family if they reported the abuse, according to the lawsuit. It added that testimony from the victims revealed staff in some instances knew about the ongoing abuse and failed to report it or concealed it.

 

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