 Deborah White, another HHS whistleblower, said the agency was ill-equipped to investigate red flags about things that could harm children, and they deliberately kept their heads in the sand. Children were not going to their parents. Children were being trafficked with billions of taxpayer dollars by a contractor failing to vet sponsors and process children safely, with government officials complicit in it, she said, adding that it will haunt me for the rest of my life.