U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-Ind.) recently spoke out about the Biden administration’s Xavier Becerra, saying that the Biden administration’s open border crisis is making non-governmental organizations reap huge profits from human trafficking, including child smuggling. He confronted the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“Illegal human traffickers make billions of dollars in profits, and Joe Biden is giving away billions of public tax dollars to their accomplice NGOs every year,” Banks said in a statement to Blaze News. “Biden’s border crisis is a riot. Democratic activists and Mexican cartels are getting rich.” , American taxpayers are defrauded and foreign children suffer. ”
“I think it’s embarrassing and disgusting.”
During a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Wednesday, Banks asked Becerra for details about the department’s policy regarding unaccompanied minors illegally trafficked across the border.
“Secretary, the estimated number of children who have crossed the southern border on your watch and on Joe Biden’s watch is 481,535,” Banks told Becerra. “According to the New York Times, your department has lost contact with 85,000 minors, and that statistic is over a year old, so that number has undoubtedly increased over the past year. Masu.”
Banks referenced last year’s report in his comments to Becerra. new york timesThis is based on testimony provided by HHS whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas, who said the department “immediately lost contact” with hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who entered the country illegally. ” he said.
”Congressional Research Service According to , 75 to 80 percent of unaccompanied children now travel with smugglers. forced immigrants into forced labor and prostitution situations — a form of human trafficking — to recover costs,” Banks continued. 60% of unaccompanied children Captured and exploited by cartels, they are exploited through child pornography and drug trafficking. ”
Banks asked Becerra whether the Biden administration’s policy is to return unaccompanied minors to their families in their home countries or send them to the United States with so-called sponsors.
Becerra insisted that his administration is following the laws currently in place regarding asylum applications.
“Let me put the question another way: If a 15-year-old girl were to come across the border from, say, Guatemala, would we send her back to her family in Guatemala or would we keep her in the United States? ” The bank expressed doubts.
“If she requested an asylum hearing, we would be obligated by law to offer her a hearing,” Becerra responded.
Banks also questioned the Secretary of Health and Human Services about how many unaccompanied minors the Biden administration has returned to their families.
“That’s not information that I have,” Becerra responded. “I’m not going to speculate, but you can ask that to the Department of Homeland Security.”
“You and I both know the answer is zero. You have zero children back.” [their home] country,” Banks said.
Becerra said the department “must respect what the law says. The law says you have to adjudicate someone’s asylum claim.”
Recent reports from free press I found that. NGOs make a lot of money From the government’s open border crisis, especially the trafficking of unaccompanied minors.
Three prominent NGOs, including Global Refuge, Southwest Key Programs, and Endeavors, Inc., have significantly increased their combined revenues in recent years. The three organizations received $597 million in revenue in 2019 and $2 billion in 2022. Each NGO CEO earns more than $500,000 annually.
NGOs receive generous federal grants to provide services such as pet therapy, music therapy, “human-plant interaction” or “horticultural therapy” to unaccompanied minors.
Banks questioned Becerra about the government’s use of large sums of tax money to support NGOs.
“Mr. Secretary, I think the reason your boss, Joe Biden, is doing this is because the Democratic Party is getting rich off of it,” Banks asserted.
“This is the CEO and NGO of Global Refuge, where you invest a lot of money. Her salary is $520,000, but it has doubled in three years. Former CEO of an NGO called Southwest Key Program. was making $3.5 million,” Banks continued. “The new CEO is making $1 million. The CEO of Endeavors, who was an Obama administration aide, made $600,000 in 2022. A former Biden transition official who helped vet political appointees. , helped Endeavor win a $520 billion no-bid contract. These organizations are making hundreds of millions of dollars, and now you’re helping your Democratic friends and donors get even richer. , is asking us to give $9.3 billion to funnel more money into these NGOs.”
“I think it’s shameful and disgusting, and I’m going to do everything I can to fight it,” Banks told Becerra.
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