A father says his 3-year-old daughter was sexually abused while in U.S. government custody after months of delays in her release, a case that comes as detention times for migrant children have sharply increased under new federal policies.
The girl, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother last September, spent about five months in federal care before being released to her father, a legal permanent resident. During that time, according to a lawsuit reviewed by The Associated Press, she was placed in a foster home in Texas, where she later reported being abused by another child.
