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Adam Andrzejewski
Genuine Clear Wire
Topline: According to a study from OpenTheBooks.com, the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $20 billion on “refugee and entrant assistance” for those entering the nation either lawfully or illegally over the previous two years.
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Legal help, health screening, housing support, cultural orientation, job authorization, public benefits application, school enrollment, mental health treatment, financial support, and Medicaid access are all included in the services offered. This expense is a large increase over previous years, which may indicate conflicts of interest for the director of the agency.
Important details: The $20 billion cost was partly incurred by the office, which is a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration of Children and Families. Over the previous two years, the office significantly boosted the amount it spent on discretionary grants. The organization spent almost $1 billion on grants in the last two years alone, yet only gave $500 million in awards between 2013 and 2021.
Through initiatives like Individual Development Accounts, funds were given to immigrants to help them start companies, improve their credit ratings, or save for big purchases like a home.
In 2022, the Administration for Children and Families was given $2.9 billion to aid Afghan immigrants, while during the previous two years, Ukrainian refugees needed $2.7 billion in assistance.
Potential conflicts of interest in the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s spending were also discovered by OpenTheBooks.
After eight years of employment with the nonprofit International Rescue Committee, Robin Dunn Marcos assumed the role of program director in September 2022.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement gave that group a mere $22 million in 2021. However, Dunn Marcos’ previous firm earned $235 million in funding in 2023 after she was appointed director.
Dunn Marcos is presently barred from any matters concerning the International Rescue Committee, but this ban will expire in September of this year, according to a government official.
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Background: A record 2.5 million migrant interactions at the U.S.-Mexico border last year contributed to the financial strain.
About 260,000 unaccompanied youngsters have entered the country over the previous two years; 85,000 of them have “lost” their way through the system. by 2012 to 2022, government support for unaccompanied children cost $13 billion, according to a previous research by OpenTheBooks.
In brief, the amount of money spent by the United States on both legal and illegal immigration is mostly comprised of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Nonetheless, the influx of newcomers into the nation and the financial strain on taxpayers do not appear to be abating.
