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America Age > Blog > Politics > Billions Have Been Spent On Controversial ‘Immigration Support’ – $22 Billion and Counting
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Billions Have Been Spent On Controversial ‘Immigration Support’ – $22 Billion and Counting

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Topline: The Workplace of Refugee Resettlement spent $4.2 billion on grants in fiscal 12 months 2024, bringing the company’s five-year complete to $22.6 billion since 2020, in line with new findings from OpenTheBooks.

Key information: The Workplace of Refugee Resettlement, or ORR, is a part of the Administration for Youngsters and Households, and its grant spending for immigrants contains authorized support, “cultural orientation,” loans for school tuition and small companies, and even direct money help — arguably incentivizing immigrants to cross the border and search asylum.

The company has just lately tried to make its providers even simpler to entry. Immigrants counting on ORR are required to grow to be self-sufficient “as quickly as possible,” however the company tried to take away the requirement in its 2023 finances request.

The ORR has spent $12.4 billion since 2020 on grants for unaccompanied minors, the New York Submit reported, whereas severe errors occurred.

The New York Occasions reported in 2023 that 85,000 youngsters went lacking after being despatched to sponsors permitted by ORR. Tom Homan, the brand new “border czar” underneath President Donald Trump, stated he believes the variety of lacking youngsters is definitely 300,000.

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Background: ORR’s former director Robin Dunn Marcos not works on the company, in line with an automatic e mail response OpenTheBooks acquired this February.

When Dunn Marcos was in cost in 2023 and 2024, ORR awarded $337 million in grants to her former employer of 23 years, Worldwide Rescue Committee, greater than some other recipient. Their complete funding since 2020 amounted to $598 million.

Church World Service, the place Dunn Marcos labored for 4 years, was one other high awardee, at $355 million since 2020.

ORR informed OpenTheBooks in an e mail that Dunn Marcos was not concerned in any conversations about funding for her former employers. OpenTheBooks filed a Freedom of Info Act request for Dunn Marcos’ emails in Might 2023 however we have now but to obtain any data.

Abstract: Tax {dollars} ought to be spent transparently on providers that assist authorized immigrants and people legitimately searching for asylum, not despatched to nonprofits with various ideological agendas to draw extra migrants.

The #WasteOfTheDay is delivered to you by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com

Syndicated with permission from RealClearWire.

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