Taxpayers’ dollars earmarked to aid asylum seekers and other legal and illegal immigrants who have entered the United States under the Biden government have proved to be a windfall for left-wing nonprofits working on resettlement programs. Ostensibly, migrant resettlement is overseen by the federal government. However, the federal departments involved often contract certain tasks out to nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This is allegedly done as a cost-saving measure.
The Unaccompanied Children Program, run by the Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is charged with the care and resettlement of unaccompanied migrant minors who enter the United States. However, much of the work done by The Unaccompanied Children Program — and the ORR — is contracted out to a handful of nonprofits and NGOs.
Three of the largest beneficiaries of the government contracts are Global Refuge, Southwest Key Programs, and Endeavors, Inc., which have seen their revenue grow from $597 million in 2019 to $2 billion in 2022. “The amount of taxpayer money they are getting is obscene,” said Charles Marino, a former adviser to Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, in a recent interview with The Free Press.
Nonprofit and NGO groups like Global Refuge, Southwest Key Programs, and Endeavors, Inc. have spent millions of taxpayer dollars on frivolous programs, including pet therapy sessions and “people-plant interactions.” In one instance, Endeavors, Inc. paid a music therapist $533,000 in a single year. Additionally, Endeavors shelled out nearly $8 million for housing migrants in hotels.
The ORR budget, which has ballooned from $1.8 billion in 2018 to at least $7.3 billion this fiscal year, is fueling the migrant cash-in. Groups like Endeavors, Inc. can receive upwards of 99 percent of their budget in taxpayer dollars from the federal government.
