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Families of murder victims urge Senate to require background checks for sponsors of unaccompanied minors
Summary
Two mothers whose loved ones were killed testified that failures in sponsor vetting and child placement contributed to their losses, and Chairman Cornyn said he would introduce legislation to mandate HHS background checks for unaccompanied minors' sponsors.
WASHINGTON — Two family members of homicide victims told a Senate subcommittee their loved ones would still be alive if federal vetting rules for unaccompanied minors and sponsors had been stricter, prompting a chairman’s pledge of new legislation.
Tammy Nobles testified that her daughter, Kayla Hamilton, was murdered in July 2022 by a person the family says entered the United States as an unaccompanied minor and was placed with a sponsor without sufficient vetting. "If Homeland…
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