Toddler suffered alleged abuse while in federal immigration custody

An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody. She had been placed in a foster home after immigration officials separated her from her mother when they crossed the border illegally. Attorneys had to file a lawsuit to reunite her with her father, a legal permanent U.S. resident. Under the Trump administration, the average custody times for children cared for by the Office of Refugee Resettlement have grown from 37 days to almost 200 days in federal custody.