Demand transparency and answers from HHS and ORR about current contracts for legal representation for unaccompanied children.

Additionally, Congressman Casar and Congressman Joaquin Castro co-led a letter, signed by 60+ Members of Congress, to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Office of Refugee Resettlement Acting Director Angie Salazar demanding transparency in its process for awarding contracts to organizations providing legal representation to unaccompanied children.

Casar and Castro co-led a letter demanding transparency from HHS and ORR about how legal representation contracts for unaccompanied children are awarded.

Casar Demands Investigations in Process for Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children | Representative Casar
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Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) led two separate letters demanding investigations and transparency from the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s process for providing legal services to unaccompanied children.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Casar’s official House office announced that he led two letters demanding ORR transparency and investigations on legal-services contracts for unaccompanied children.

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Casar Demands Investigations in Process for Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children | Representative Casar
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Congressman Casar, as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services T. March Bell requesting an investigation into the ORR process for issuing contracts to organizations providing legal services to unaccompanied children.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Casar specifically sought an HHS Inspector General investigation into ORR’s contract-award process for organizations providing legal services to unaccompanied children.

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Casar Demands Investigations in Process for Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children | Representative Casar
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Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Congressman Greg Casar led (TX-35) 61 House Democrats in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Acting Director Angie Salazar demanding transparency in its process for awarding contracts to organizations providing legal representation to unaccompanied children.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Castro’s official House page independently confirms Casar co-led a 61-member letter demanding transparency from HHS and ORR leadership about legal-representation contracts.

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Castro, Casar Lead 60+ Democrats Demanding Answers on Securing Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children | U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro
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Given our concerns, we ask you to provide answers to the following questions by October 12, 2026. 1. Please provide evidence that Our Rescue and other groups ORR is considering has the expertise and capacity to timely and appropriately administer this contract.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The actual congressional letter asked HHS and ORR for answers by October 12, 2026 about contractor capacity and expertise, documenting a concrete oversight demand before the response deadline had arrived.

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letter_to_orr.pdf
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