Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- At a heated congressional hearing on Capital Hill Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers grilled Trump administration officials about their role in implementing Trump’s draconian family separation policy.

Scott Lloyd, who led the Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement last year and oversaw the “zero tolerance” policy, admitted he did not heed or report warnings of the devastating effects of separating children from their parents. T

Tuesday’s hearing came as the House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, as well as the Attorney General’s Office, for records on the children affected by Trump’s family separation policy.

In other news, U.S. government agencies have reportedly received thousands of allegations of sexual abuse against unaccompanied migrant minors in U.S. custody, including nearly 200 allegations involving abuse by adult staff.

The nearly 6,000 allegations cover a time span from 2014 and 2018 and include reports of staff forcibly touching and engaging in relationships with minors in their care, among others.