by | Feb 4, 2025
We are deeply troubled by the news of missing migrant children, and our concern intensifies with the revelation that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Charities have received millions in federal funds to manage these vulnerable unaccompanied minors. This issue strikes at the heart of our faith, especially as we approach the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita on February 8th, the patron saint of human trafficking victims…
The Unsettling Reality of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
During President Biden’s administration, an estimated 500,000 unaccompanied migrant children crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. According to Tom Homan, former acting director of ICE, and other sources, over 300,000 of these children have gone missing after being placed in the care of HHS through NGOs. Shockingly, there has been no concerted effort to track down 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children, according to HHS testimony last year. ICE was able to locate another 32,000 of the unaccompanied migrant children, but these children missed their court hearings. This leaves us with a grim reality: 323,000 children are unlocated, and their safety is uncertain, making them vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation.
Read here: USCCB and Catholic Charities collected $2.4 Billion for migrants during the Biden Administration
The Catholic NGOs Involved
Here are the Gang of Four Catholic NGOs who “served” the unaccompanied children across the border (unaccompanied alien children “UAC):
- Catholic Charities USA: They provide immediate shelter, food, and long-term support like legal aid and health services, directly managing the day-to-day care for many unaccompanied minors.
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): Acts as a coordinator for the UAC program, managing funds and programs, including shelter services and legal representation, often subcontracting to Catholic Charities.
- Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC): Focuses on legal aid, not shelter, offering support to unaccompanied children in navigating immigration laws.
- Catholic Relief Services (CRS): Engages in advocacy for migrant issues, including UAC, from a policy perspective.
Catholic Charities, in particular, has received intense scrutiny, for the sheer volume of children they have trafficked, and their role in fracturing the family unit as well as placing children with unvetted sponsors. Whistleblower Tara Rodas has highlighted a system where children end up in exploitative conditions due to insufficient oversight.
Catholic NGOs Receive Nearly Half Billion Dollars for Unaccompanied Migrant Children
CUP’s research (through analysis of USASpending.gov) reveals the USCCB and Catholic Charities have received $449 million in total to shelter and transport unaccompanied migrant children. Here is how it breaks down…
A refresher quiz for the bedazzled Maga Cult.
1) what branch of government alone has the power to authorize or cut spending of tax dollars, propose budgets and cut government departments?
A) The Legislative
B) The Executive
C) The Judicial
D) Elon Musk
2) Who has the power to hire and fire people within the government?
A)The President
B) The Congress
C) The Judiciary
D) Elon Musk
3) Where does all power in the government come from?
A)The People
B) Elon Musk
Answer key: A, A, A
You should be scared to death that clown show Trump has outsourced his job to an oligarch. This is what Russia did in the 90s. Do you know what happens when a republic fails? It never comes back.
I said Trump was dangerous, I said he would be worse than his predecessor, and here we are. He is bought by billionaires and Zionists and he’s letting them run things.
Not to mention what we are doing in Israel. Trump is putting the US on the path to war by having the US rebuild Gaza. And that’s intentional. Once a solider or contractor gets killed by Hamas, we blame Iran and that gives us the excuse for war.
Russia then gets involved.
I hope yall sleep well knowing what you voted for.
Mark, are you sure this guy isn’t a bot or shill? We all know Trump is at a minimum shady, I’m pretty sure nobody needs his obsessive reminders.
I don’t know….but on occasion I have wondered, CCP?
I’m sure that’s exactly what he is. One note, frequent off-topic thread hijacking, endless self-aggrandizement while belittling Mark’s readership (to anger people and make them argue with him)… it’s textbook forum disruption.
IIRC, Mark banned another guy who behaved similarly right before Mike showed up.
You should see all the comments I delete.
Yes yes, Mike, we know, we know… you hate Trump, sound like you voted for Biden, eagerly support diversity in the Armed Forces because men can screw up too on occasion, and that your astroturfing here for Save Our Democracy Inc. is now in danger with USAID cut off, therefore you are apoplectic that we here are all ignoring you and hoping that Elon Musk exposes and cuts the gravy train to the Church of Accompaniment, hopefully with arrests forthcoming. We are very pleased with the results so far coming from Trump & Elon, the best lesser-evils America has ever had! Russia has not been consecrated, things are still bad, chastisement is still coming, but we’ll take what we can get out of this!
Johnno – “Russia has not been consecrated, things are still bad, chastisement is still coming, but we’ll take what we can get out of this!”
Beautifully put.
I keep on praying.
Meanwhile: The 23 Life activists released, order to cut Planned Parenthood funding, order to ban child-mutilations, order to kick crazed boys out of girls’ sports…..Those 4 were worth anyone’s vote.
Mike, as usual, your comments are, to keep it nice, hardly perceptive.
USDS, “United States Digital Service”, was established by executive action of Obama. OBAMA. It has pre-existing FY budget, yes from Congress, but is entirely under Presidential direction.
Trump could have kept the name but, for fun, using his discretionary authority, he renamed it to “United States DOGE Services”, keeping its same acronym, USDS.
Their mandate is still essentially computer services for the Executive Branch. However, that gives them the right to check on computers where contracts & spending orders are stored and advise, ADVISE, Cabinet secretaries of their findings.
USAID was also established by Executive action of Kennedy. JFK.
Trump could have kept it “as is” but, using his discretionary authority, he moved it into the State Department under Marco Rubio, who now decides whether contracts & spending orders are to be cancelled etc.
It’s all legit……. and frankly, great. I mean, better than whatever mixed bag, I had been hoping for.
As to Israel: Trump’s pledge to take over Gaza is like the angry wife who says she’ll mow the lawn herself. It’s a crazy opening position, in a long negotiation.
You either have seen, or *should* have seen, Trump do the same thing again & again & again & again & again, by now. Stake out a crazy opener, then, the real thing – the real action or result – is something different, usually better.
Time to grow up.
You are insane. Trump is finally shutting down the fentanyl and child trafficking. Elon Musk is finally tracking here our tax dollars are going and finding it’s much worse than we thought. All the government slackers leaving are taking the buy out as they know it’s show over. We know Fauci spent a minimum of 241 million to do transgender experiments on animals. The kids who found it said you needed to be a IT expert to find it and it was deliberately hidden. I guess you support that along with all the millions spent on transgender projects by USAID. I guess you’re also fine with the war Biden started with Russia by sending US troops to Ukraine. I’m not worried about Iran Israel is already handling that. Maybe you should have watched Levins interview with Netanyahu tonight. Trump gas no plans for US troops or money in Gaza.
Just because Mike disagrees with a tribe’s religious and political beliefs does not make him a heretic or troll, especially if they are not matters of faith.
I believe that Trump and Musk will show their true colors at some point before 2030, and are right now earning the trust and praise of people by dissing the left half of the New World Order, no different than the man in white saying something Catholic every now and then and who, in the beginning of his reign of terrier acted humble.
Even Saul as a good king at first. God gave the people what they thought they wanted.