Final week the Home Committee on Homeland Safety held a listening to that detailed how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are “nonetheless working to assist inadmissible aliens undermine federal immigration regulation underneath the Trump Administration,” in line with a Homeland House GOP release.
Mike Howell, President of the Oversight Undertaking, Ali Hopper, founding father of GUARD Towards Trafficking, and Julio Rosas of Blaze Media testified in the course of the listening to. Throughout testimony, they revealed that the Biden Administration had allotted $6 billion in funding and grants to NGOs by means of Division of Homeland Safety and Well being and Human Providers, amongst others.
They testified about unaccompanied kids being handed over to the NGOs, primarily on the border itself. The NGOs would then go the youngsters off to “poorly-vetted sponsors.” This has resulted in additional than 300,000 kids unaccounted for on the border, in line with the discharge.
Rep. Michael Visitor (R-MS) shared a particular NGO, funded “97 per cent” by the federal authorities, made $52 million in FY2020. Nevertheless, in 2021, they reported $600 million greenback improve in a single 12 months with $658 million reported. After which, in 2022, that very same NGO reported $1.18 billion, with “97 per cent of that” coming from the federal authorities. Throughout that point, the CEO’s wage reportedly doubled. Rep. Visitor acknowledged:
“In 2020, Endeavors reported $52 million in income. In 2021, they reported $658 million in income––a $600 million improve in a 12 months, with 97 p.c of that cash coming from the federal authorities. After which in 2022, they reported a file $1.18 billion from the federal authorities––or no less than 97 p.c of that. You speak about how executives for Endeavors padded their pockets, that with this improve in income comes a rise in wage, that the compensation for the CEO doubled… In an article from the New York Publish, they speak about one other one in every of these nonprofits. They speak about Southwest Key. The headline says, ‘Texas non-profit housing migrant children took $3 billion in grants from Biden administration and boosted government salaries as much as 139 p.c to drag the plug.’”
“99% of their funding got here from grants from the federal authorities, and what did these organizations do with that?”
@RepMichaelGuest breaks down how NGOs like Southwest Key Packages and Endeavors benefited from the border disaster and taxpayer {dollars}: pic.twitter.com/gBR7f9ZZj1— Home Homeland GOP (@HomelandGOP) July 16, 2025
How was the cash being utilized by the federal authorities to guard ladies and youngsters? One other stunning second got here throughout Rep. Eli Crane’s (R-AZ) questioning of Ms. Hopper.
Rep. Crane requested Ms. Hopper, “what safeguards have been put in place to guard weak, unaccompanied kids?” Hopper responded that there have been “post-placement welfare checks.” The checks consisted of two telephone calls and if the sponsors didn’t reply, “the case was now not adopted up on.”
Ms. Hopper then testified a few “discover of concern hotline,” the place individuals may report issues or considerations with the unaccompanied little one’s security. From August 2023 to January 2025, 65,000 calls went unanswered. A number of the complaints have been for issues like considerations concerning the meals. Nevertheless, many calls have been about abuse of the youngsters, together with a case the place a toddler complained that grown males have been coming into his room at evening and touching him.
In response to Ms. Hopper, the Trump administration has gone by means of these 65,000 unanswered calls and made follow-ups and welfare checks. Reportedly, that little one is now secure.
Rep. Crane then requested concerning the ease with which individuals may sponsor a toddler, evaluating it to adopting a canine. Ms. Hopper responded that it was truly tougher to undertake a canine, requiring extra paperwork for a pet shelter, than was required to sponsor a toddler.
Maybe probably the most stunning second got here when Rep. Crane requested Ms. Hopper what number of staffers have been assigned by the administration to reply the calls to the hotline:
“One,” Ms. Hopper responded.
In the meantime, the above-referenced NGO noticed a $600 million greenback year-over-year income improve from 2020 to 2021, adopted by one other $450 million improve in 2022.
ABSOLUTELY INSANE
The Biden Admin setup a hotline in order that unaccompanied minors may name if that they had hassle with the strangers they have been being positioned with
65,000 calls to this hotline WENT UNANSWERED
“So that you’re telling this committee that the Biden administration, whereas they… pic.twitter.com/4gUJWlj37c
— Wall Avenue Apes (@WallStreetApes) July 22, 2025
Right here is Rep. Crane’s complete questioning:
In the course of the premeditated border invasion backed by Democrats, the federal government misplaced contact with greater than 300,000 unaccompanied kids.
Moreover, 65,000 misery calls went unanswered, and just one staffer was assigned to watch them.
Past disgusting. pic.twitter.com/Ww54xKATJE
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) July 16, 2025
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) referred to as the disaster on the border with unaccompanied kids, “one of many biggest failures in American historical past.”
“One of many biggest failures in American historical past…I consider, was not retaining monitor of kids. And it wasn’t like the oldsters that sit on the opposite aspect of this aisle weren’t made conscious by individuals sitting on this aspect of the aisle that it was taking place. And so they didn’t do something or converse out towards, actually, this atrocity that was taking place to kids coming by means of the border.
This listening to is concerning the enrichment of sure NGOs, and their half on this tragedy. But in addition, one factor that we haven’t talked about is, not solely that this administration enriched loads of these NGOs…however the billions of {dollars} that flowed to the Mexican cartels by means of human-trafficking…and all of it…was completed on objective. As a result of you possibly can’t be that silly. You possibly can’t be that dumb.
And so the Biden administration misplaced monitor of 300,000 individuals, kids. In all probability misplaced monitor of tens of millions of different individuals, migrants in america, as they’re being trafficked throughout, some indentured servants. The youngsters [being] indentured servants and even worse, in intercourse commerce.
That needs to be one of many largest scandals in American historical past.
@RepCarlos explains why Democrats refuse to talk out concerning the atrocities of the Biden border disaster: pic.twitter.com/3emFQWbq3d
— Home Homeland GOP (@HomelandGOP) July 16, 2025
