Source: The Dispatch
by John McCormack
“For decades, the U.S. government has asked faith-based charities to help resettle refugees legally admitted into the country and help care for unaccompanied minors who cross the border. Donald Trump and Congress funded both of those programs for all four years of Trump’s first term. In order to ease the burden on border towns in 2019, Trump and an overwhelming majority of Congress created a third program giving grants to religious charities and other organizations to provide assistance to migrants released inside the United States by the federal government. But in the opening weeks of Trump’s second term, these religious groups have found themselves in the crosshairs of the MAGA movement. They’ve been branded as corrupt, possibly criminal, and bearing blame for the border crisis — all for their participation in one or more of the programs once funded by Trump.” (02/18/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/immigration-refugees-trump-religious-charities-border/