Immigration

Watchdog Groups Sue Biden Admin for Info on Paying Charities for Migrant Travel

Published

2 years ago

February 10, 2022

Biden’s Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services is being sued by two watchdog groups for their communications with Catholic organizations that have been involved with aiding migrants at the southern border.

News spread that the Catholic Charities were receiving reimbursements, funded by U.S. taxpayers, to buy plane tickets for migrants as well as other expenses to help them om “their journey” so they are not left on the streets.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Catholic Vote Action and Judicial Watch after the Departments failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made last September. “The Biden administration has refused to provide copies of communications between Catholic-affiliated charities and organizations at the border,” CatholicVote president Brian Burch said in a statement.

The purpose of the FOIA was to get communications between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, the Humanitarian Center in McAllen, Texas, and the Diocese of Brownsville in order to gauge activity.

EXCLUSIVE: The head of the largest NGO along the border, Catholic Charities of RGV explains they are getting reimbursed with taxpayer dollars & they do buy some plane tickets for migrants. She says they help migrants continue their journey otherwise they are left on the streets. pic.twitter.com/ftQ9QLRB3N

— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) February 4, 2022

“American Catholics deserve to know the full extent of the U.S. government’s role in funding and coordinating with Catholic church affiliated agencies at the border, and what role these agencies played in the record surge of illegal immigrants over the past year,” Burch added.

National Review Reports that the Catholic charity “operated” its Humanitarian Respite Center to aid migrants who crossed the southern border into the U.S. last summer. Additionally ,”Sister Norma Pimentel, CCRGV’s Executive Director, stated in an interview with journalist Ali Bradley on February 3 that the organization is reimbursed with “taxpayer’s money” for some of their efforts.”

Immigration

Illegal migrants in custody reaches new high: ‘We must sleep at night knowing we are the reason this nation is in trouble’

Published

6 hours ago

September 27, 2023

Sara Carter Staff

An exclusive report by the Daily Caller News Foundation reveals the number of illegal migrants in the custody of Border Patrol nationwide has surpassed 22,000 as of Tuesday evening. The Daily Caller exclusively obtained internal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data providing the information.

The report also shows how extremely fast the numbers are rising. As of the evening of August 10 Border Control had nearly 17,000 illegal migrants in custody, up from 7,696 two months prior on June 8. Just this week there were 8,923 migrant encounters by CBP on Monday and 7,730 illegal migrants released into the country, according to the new data.

Democratic El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said Saturday that the city is at its “breaking point,” while Democratic Eagle Pass Mayor declared a state of emergency in recent days. Agents have also become increasingly vocal about what they are enduring. One agent stationed along the northern border said “Our duties now revolve around virtual processing and the facilitation of the inflow of illegal migration into the United States. The scenario unfolds with agents stationed at their respective posts, immersed in virtual paperwork, striving to cope with the overwhelming surge of illegal migrants, far outpacing our capacity to process them efficiently. This has rendered our border exposed and vulnerable.”

“In my extensive 13-year tenure, I find myself grappling with a reality I never envisaged. Our current circumstances defy logic; established policies, our solemn oaths, and the very essence of our professional calling have been eroded. Instead, we find ourselves relegated to mere affirmations from higher authorities, commending our efforts. The days of border patrol, the pursuit of illicit substances—what we colloquially term ‘dope’—have yielded to a role resembling that of caretakers,” the agent added.

“We are upset because what they are making us do is break our oath we pledged. They have taken our job and made it a joke. We have endangered the country in so many ways. We must sleep at night knowing we are the reason this nation is in trouble,” another agent said.