Immigrant girl, 3, suffered alleged sexual abuse in federal custody, family says

Girl suffered alleged abuse at foster home immigration officials placed her at after separating her from mother

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For five months, the young father waited for his three-year-old daughter’s release from federal custody after she crossed the US-Mexico border with her mother, hoping through delays for their safe reunion.

Only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered alleged sexual abuse at the foster home where she’d been placed after immigration officials separated her from her mother.