US State Department Criticizes UK Over Immigration and Grooming Gang Scandals

The Trump administration has issued a harsh rebuke of the United Kingdom’s handling of mass immigration and the long-running rape gang scandal that has victimized thousands of young white girls across the country for decades.

In a statement posted on X, the U.S. State Department announced it has directed Europe-based diplomats to track the effects of unchecked immigration, with particular focus on the UK, Germany, and Sweden.

“The State Department instructed U.S. embassies to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration,” the statement read. “Officials will also report policies that punish citizens who object to continued mass migration and document crimes and human rights abuses committed by people of a migration background.”

The statement specifically referenced “grooming gangs” predominantly composed of Pakistani men who have sexually exploited young girls in multiple British cities, with authorities slow to intervene despite ongoing abuse.

“In the United Kingdom, thousands of girls have been victimized in Rotherham, Oxford, and Newcastle by grooming gangs involving migrant men,” the State Department said. “Many girls were left to suffer unspeakable abuse for years before authorities stepped in.”

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer responded the following day at the G20 summit in South Africa, telling reporters that the national inquiry would “leave no stone unturned.” However, the Starmer government has struggled to appoint a chair for the inquiry and faces credibility issues after several victims resigned from the independent investigation, citing concerns about an ongoing cover-up.

Ellie Reynolds, a survivor of abuse, told cable channel GMB that the existence of grooming gangs has been “brushed under the carpet” and that “our voices have been silenced.” Fellow survivor Fiona Goddard, who was groomed from age 14, said authorities dismissed her as a “child prostitute” when she sought help. Goddard later resigned from the inquiry in protest, stating that members of the grooming gangs near Bradford were “in the vast majority… Pakistani men.”

The scandal has plagued successive UK governments – both Conservative and Labour – as evidence has mounted that grooming gangs, largely consisting of men of South Asian or Pakistani heritage, have sexually exploited girls across northern England for decades.

Earlier this year, Starmer commissioned a national audit led by Baroness Louise Casey. The audit acknowledged gaps in data collection, noting that “the ethnicity of perpetrators is shied away from and is still not recorded for two-thirds of perpetrators.” However, the report stated there was “enough evidence available in local police data… which show disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds amongst suspects for group-based child sexual exploitation.”

The audit also identified other perpetrators, including White British, European, African, and Middle Eastern individuals, and produced 12 recommendations that have been implemented, including a national inquiry to “direct local investigations and hold institutions to account for past failures.”

Alan Mendoza, founder of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that “successive governments” have allowed “gangs of largely South Asian Muslims to target white British girls,” and claimed “the Labour government doesn’t want to be seen as stigmatizing demographics or potentially losing votes.”

Labour MP Jess Phillips, who serves as parliamentary undersecretary of state for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, faces scrutiny over her management of the inquiry. When questioned in Parliament about whether the investigation would address perpetrators’ ethnicity, Phillips insisted on transparency.

“There is absolutely no sense that ethnicity will be buried away,” Phillips stated, addressing accusations of intentional delays. “We are taking time to ensure that [cover-ups] can never happen.”

The controversy attracted attention from X owner Elon Musk, who called Phillips a “rape genocide apologist” and described the situation as “the worst mass crime against the people of Britain ever.” Phillips responded that Musk’s comments were “disinformation” that endangered her, though she acknowledged her experience paled in comparison to what abuse victims had endured.

As the investigation proceeds, the challenge for the UK government remains finding credible individuals willing to pursue justice and implement lasting reforms to prevent future abuses.