The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just told Congress that they are transferring additional funds to help shelter unaccompanied migrant children. The amount looks to be around $589 million but those funds were already allocated to helping fight Covid at the border.
The reason behind the sudden transfer is the US was recently hit with another flood of immigrants crossing the southern border— A growing crisis that I suspect will only get worse now that the Taliban has taken Afghanistan.
According to a report, the HHS informed Congress that it is diverting $225 million in National Institute of Health (NIH) funding that was part of the December COVID-19 relief bill to the unaccompanied children (UAC) program, as well as $364 million in HHS funding that was passed as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), a congressional source told Fox News. Data shared with Fox News confirms that source’s account.
Of the ARP funding, $187.5 million had been marked for the Centers for Disease Control for “vaccine planning, distribution, monitoring and tracking” and an additional $25 million for “vaccine confidence activities.” Meanwhile $151 million of the diverted funding had been tagged for the “Supply Chain for Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Medical Supplies,” Fox News reported.
The Biden administration has been facing a surge in migration at the southern border, which quickly turned into a full-blown border crisis with images of migrants packed into facilities across the border. The Biden administration has focused on getting unaccompanied children out of Border Patrol custody and into HHS care — before they are united with sponsors, normally a guardian or parent already in the country.
Anyone older than Biden’s interns should know that this is the same deadly scenario that led to the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. The administration is already getting hit with criticism for not vetting the Afghans their helping to evacuate. Fox News previously found that at least one man had terrorist ties.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, who served in the U.S. Navy and supported combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he feared the deadly attack in Kabul earlier Thursday was the beginning of “what we will continue to see.”
Gonzales also noted that the attack might encourage terrorists stateside, and he specifically called on President Biden to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
“My biggest fear is these attacks today are just the beginning of what we will continue to see as the Administration fails to get Americans and our Afghan allies out and to safety,” Gonzales tweeted after the attacks.
My biggest fear is these attacks today are just the beginning of what we will continue to see as the Administration fails to get Americans and our Afghan allies out and to safety. We don’t need statements from the Administration right now – we need immediate resignations.
— Rep. Tony Gonzales (@RepTonyGonzales) August 26, 2021
“Suicide bombs in Kabul today – suicide bombs in the US tomorrow. Biden must IMMEDIATELY secure our southern border before it’s too late!” he added from another Twitter account. “Our southern border is unsecured at a time when international terrorism is peaking. America please remain vigilant at all times. If you see something, say something.”
Suicide bombs in Kabul today – suicide bombs in the US tomorrow. Biden must IMMEDIATELY secure our southern border before it’s too late!
— Tony Gonzales (@TonyGonzales4TX) August 26, 2021
Our southern border is unsecured at a time when international terrorism is peaking. America please remain vigilant at all times. If you see something, say something.
— Tony Gonzales (@TonyGonzales4TX) August 27, 2021
“For those of us who served in Afghanistan, it isn’t some mysterious place on a map. We fought like hell to kill the wolves before they killed us,” he tweeted. “The men and women who died today or any day in Afghanistan can’t be for nothing.”
