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Judge says state laws
fail abused children
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BUSH
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. George W. Bush
wants to increase funding for the agency
that investigates Texas’ child abuse cases,
his spokesperson said after a judge argued
the state is failing young victims of vio
lence and neglect.
Bush and state legislators received an
unusual petition
Wednesday from District
Judge Scott McCown
calling for more state re
sources to ease the strain
on an overburdened
child welfare system.
“If Governor Bush is
reelected I want him to
do for Child Protective
Services what he did for
juvenile justice,” McCown, who has
presided over 1,400 cases involving
2,500 children since becoming a judge
in 1989, said.
Using a citizen’s grievance procedure
outlined in the Texas Constitution, Mc
Cown recommended two cents of every
dollar from the state’s anticipated multi-
billion-dol)ar budget surplus be set aside
to help abused and neglected children.
With a federal match, that would raise
about $200 million, McCown said.
Included in the 42-page study McCown
turned over to legislators, the judge said
he found too few reports of child abuse are
investigated because of a lack of resources
and overworked caseworkers.
“I’m not talking about a problem that
we’ve lived with forever, we’re talking
about a problem that’s gotten steadily
worse,” McCown said. He said the worst
cases get costly attention, but the state
should also focus on early intervention.
“Although funding for CPS has in
creased, he (Bush) agrees with Judge Mc
Cown that we need to do more,” said Lin
da Edwards, spokespersonn for Bush.
Bush will consider McCown’s propos
als and is already working on a plan to in
crease funding for caseworkers and for
foster care services, Edwards said. The
governor, who is seeking reelection
against Democrat Garry Mauro, has not
decided how much of an increase he will
recommend, she said.
Child Protective Services—which is
managed by the Texas Department of Pro
tective and Regulatory Services—has a
$990 million budget for 1998-99, but will
ask that it increase to more than $1 billion
for the next two-year cycle, agency
spokesperson Marla Sheely said.
The Legislature has worked to decrease
the time it takes get children out of foster
care and increased the number of case
workers, said Rep. Toby Goodman, who
heads the House Juvenile Justice and
Family Issues Committee.
Goodman, R-Arlington, said while he
respects McCown’s opinion the state is al
ready addressing problems with Child Pro
tective Services. “I do not want to adopt a
policy where we are going to go into peo
ple’s homes with the assumption that
abuse is going on,” he said.
McCown found that the average case
load for Texas child abuse investigators
was 27, more than twice the average case
load of 12 recommended by Child Welfare
League of America.
Group says raids
by INS violates
rights of alien
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BOSTON (AP) — Immigration agentsvin!
immigrants’ civil rights while conductingti
raids, forcing some aliens to answer questic
storage coolers and shackling others in frontoi
children, a report released VVednesdaysaid.
The report, issued by the National Nenw-
Immigrant and Refugee Rights, studied 235k:
the hulk of which occurred between June 155'
June 1998. The raids took place at bu®
schools and homes, the report said.
Immigration and Naturalization Services ij i o1 ,L>
knowledged problems in the past, but sav:i l rler ^ >
policies spell out what procedures are to be i at!ies
a 111 pe< tions 1". the INS, which oppose a U 1 - ■ i
the word “raid." 1 pl wa !s
The agency said it does not keep statis: rpassec
how many inspections it does each year. But ® ver s
it does not discriminate, and a complaint has’# 5 ' 3061 ?
filed before an inspection is authorized. im obi
“I was treated like I was a criminalandt
thing I have done is not have papers," ReneL'
a 23-year-old from Guatemala who hasapp!:: I was
political asylum, said. :ildida
Lucas said he was working at a factory ear u
year in New Bedford when INS agents stonre: 1011 wae
and demanded his papers. He said the age:' f° 1 wa
not uniformed and he did not know whatw:B orn l
ing on until he had been handcuffed. I 01
“The men told us that we would havebeer.'-W 01 * 1 1
ed worse if we would have resisted,*Lucas,sdfl ^' s
uled for an immigration hearing Dec. 3, said.
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Floral distributor in Miami, demanded residenci 110
pers from workers, and allegedly forced theirn:
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