DOJ Alleges Housing Provider Employees Sexually Abused Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Published on July 19, 2024

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing housing provider Southwest Key Programs Inc. over allegations that the Texas-based nonprofit “engaged in a pattern” of sexual abuse and harassment of unaccompanied migrant children for years, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit was filed on July 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. It lists Southwest Key Programs Inc. as the lone defendant. According to the DOJ, from at least 2015 to 2023, employees at Southwest Key allegedly subjected unaccompanied migrant children in their care to repeated and unwelcome “sexual abuse, harassment, and misconduct and a hostile housing environment.”...

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