'Hundreds' of illegal immigrant children are being handed to relatives who are in the US illegally too, as HHS admits it makes NO EFFORT to find out their immigration status

• The US Dept. of Health and Human Service takes custody of tens of thousands of minors each year who cross the border without their parents
• An official spokesman at the agency says there is 'no' effort made to determine the adults' immigration status
• An HHS official says while the agency's first choice is to find each child a relative who lives legally in the U.S., that's not always possible
• So some children are already being released to the care of illegal immigrants in their immediate or extended families
• 'They're more concerned with clearing the caseload than with the immigration status of the adult sponsors,' the source said
• 'Would you rather see these kids in glorified warehouses or reunited with a family member who doesn't belong here?'
• A federal judge ruled in December that the Obama administration is helping drug cartels and human traffickers by taking kids to live with illegal-immigrant parents who pay smugglers to bring them across the border

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