13 Apr 2021
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) has issued an executive order directing South Carolina’s Department of Social Services (DSS) to block the U.S. government from placing unaccompanied migrant children from the U.S.-Mexico border in his state’s group or foster homes.
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In a letter dated April 8, DSS Director Michael Leach informed Governor McMaster of the federal government’s preliminary inquiries to transport an unknown number of unaccompanied migrant children from the southern border and place them in South Carolina foster care and group homes licensed by DSS.
Fearing the ultimate displacement of South Carolina’s most vulnerable children in an already-strained system, Governor McMaster responded to Director Leach: “South Carolina’s children must always be given first priority for placement into foster care and the State’s strained resources must be directed to addressing the needs of its children. Allowing the federal government to place an unl
South Carolina blocks feds from bringing unaccompanied children from Mexico s border to the state Share Updated: 5:14 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
South Carolina blocks feds from bringing unaccompanied children from Mexico s border to the state Share Updated: 5:14 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina's governor issued an order Monday to ban foster care and group homes in the state from taking in unaccompanied children found at the southern border of the.