First appearance on Fox: A nonprofit charity is refusing to sponsor a man recently charged with killing a Georgia nursing student. Republican lawmakers accused the group of allowing the man to use federal funds after he entered the country illegally and before he allegedly committed a crime.
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) sent a letter to Covenant House, a national network of youth homeless shelters, saying Jose Ibarra, 26, had been using the New York facility for his home. He claimed to have seen a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) document stating this. Sponsor’s speech after crossing the border in September 2022.
Mr. Gooden questioned whether Covenant House was properly screening people who came through its doors, whether Mr. Ybarra was lying about his alleged stay there, and whether Covenant House was lying about his alleged stay there. They questioned whether the organization was encouraging immigrants to use their addresses on federal applications.
Covenant House told FOX News Digital that it does not sponsor Ybarra and denied that it had been contacted by federal authorities about him.
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U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden has accused the nonprofit youth protection group Covenant House of housing Jose Ibarra, accused of murdering a nursing student, at one of its facilities. Seeking information. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images | Clark County Sheriff’s Office)
“Covenant House does not sponsor the entry of any immigrant into the United States. This is neither policy nor practice. Covenant House New York does not sponsor the entry of Jose Antonio Ybarra, nor does it sponsor the entry of any other person. We have not,” the spokesperson said.
“We do not know how our address ended up on his documents, but there have been and will continue to be instances of our address being listed at the border. We have not been contacted by ICE/DHS and have never been contacted by them regarding the use of Covenant House’s name on border documents. I received it. ”
Gooden sent a letter to Covenant House CEO Bill Bedrosian early Tuesday saying, “According to CBP documents, Jose Antonio Ybarra entered El Paso illegally. , provided Covenant House, a New York NGO that receives federal funding, as the sponsor’s address. These NGOs have received hundreds of messages “Taxes to stop funding illegal immigrants.” Millions of taxpayer dollars a year are funded through left-wing loopholes designed to circumvent federal laws. ”
“I have been fighting for years to hold NGOs like Covenant House accountable. Their use of federal funds to traffick millions of immigrants is unacceptable and now deadly. It has become something like that.”
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A panoramic view of the boardwalk along Herrick Lake on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Saturday, February 24, 2024. Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, was found dead along the boardwalk. (Mark Sims, Fox News Digital)
Ybarra is accused of killing Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who died while jogging on the nearby University of Georgia campus.
Her death has sparked new scrutiny of how effectively U.S. authorities assess migrants before allowing them entry at the U.S.-Mexico border, primarily to await immigration court proceedings. Ta.
In his letter, Gooden asked how long Ybarra had been at the facility and, if so, whether Covenant House was working with a Mexican organization to share his address with people trying to enter the United States. I asked him if he was there.
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Augusta University and University of Georgia students wearing blue gather at Tate Plaza on the UGA campus in Athens on Monday, February 26, 2024, to pay their respects to Laken Riley. (Nell Carroll/Atlanta Journal – Constitution via AP)
“Instead of prioritizing the safety and security of Americans, the Biden administration has chosen to prioritize the interests of illegal immigrants and provide protection and assistance to them at the expense of taxpayers,” Gooden wrote. .
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“Covenant House and other federally funded NGOs must be accountable and allow Congressional oversight. Failure to do so will result in swift action in the form of subpoenas. become.”
Gooden’s letter does not indicate when Ybarra allegedly used the New York Covenant House address. It is not uncommon for immigrants arriving in the United States for the first time to designate shelters as their residence.
