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This article reports on a 3-year-old migrant child who was separated from her mother, then allegedly suffered sexual abuse in a federal immigration foster home while in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The American Bar Association's Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project helped reunite the child with her father after five months in custody and raised concerns about the government's failure to expedite family reunification for children with resident parents.