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I hate to sound dense, but are these the people paying for the accomodations in small towns where lots of 2 & 3 thousand immigrants are being dropped in the dead of night? It's tax dollars so they over pay for run down housing and lease it out from under Americans in financial straits who can barely affort it at any price. Do they purchase properties and collect lease revenues from the federal government?

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It's all about the money... familiar theme in a totalitarian movement

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A compelling expose would be where are the billions coming from that pay the costs to move these people thousands of miles to our borders ? Food costs? Shelter? Coyotes fees?

China? Russia? Iran? Pro immigration organizations?

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I'm a little late getting to this story but my first impression is that, in the eyes of the administration, this is less of an immigration issue than it is just another government handout to the politically connected - Michelle Obama's policy director? really? These types of handouts have become a hallmark of the Biden administration. I'd love to see The Free Press dig into this issue.

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I understand there are NGO’s operating down in Central America providing food, shelter, and assistance to migrants headed north; would be a good story to cover as well…..

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I wonder about that and I wonder about how much Catholic Charities makes from the border crisis. I'm also curious about all the ways NGO money is moved around and funneled from one place to another. I think the government reimburses the American Red Cross for expenses related to helping disaster survivors. I wonder what the money trail looks like for NGO spending related to the border.

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Just like Big Pharma and Big Tobacco, the Left have made Big Compassion is just as profitable for its executives.

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"Non-profits" are making billions across the spectrum of issues. Nice work if you can get it.

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Here's an interesting and disturbing read: https://www.state.gov/non-governmental-organizations-ngos-in-the-united-states/

"It is important to note that the federal and state governments do not judge the value of an organization’s specific activity or mission in determining that these organizations are eligible for tax-exempt status. The U.S. government, generally, does not seek to influence an organization’s mission, determine how an NGO is structured, approve who runs it or serves on its board, or direct its financial management."

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Here's my question - Wouldn't you think that the gov't employees handing out the multi-million dollar contracts to these NGOs, whose salaries are quite low in comparison to what these 'non-profit' NGO execs are making, be enraged to see how taxpayer dollars are being used? I'd expect to see/hear a lot more whistle-blowers on this topic, but then again, whistle-blower = pariah so....it's just all around sickening.

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this is the government participating in Human Trafficking. the majority of these children are being subjected to the cartels IN America. this is worst than or equal to how Britain used to treat its subjects, not citizens.

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In Florida’s grand jury report they named the largest resettlement agencies in the state…adults;not minors. Catholic Charities…Lutheran

Services…Jewish Services…just because they put a religious name on the front doesn’t mean there’s not waste. Look into those agencies as well.

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Shameful…but they have no shame. We are on a long distance trip & I’d like to be able to show this article to every big rig driver who we drive past. Their taxes being wasted obscenely.

Though you briefly mentioned the age of the “unaccompanied minors”, it should be emphasized that the majority are teenagers..obviously, babies & young children aren’t crossing by themselves.

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We all know that words matter so when does this become an "invasion of our boarder" ? How many million makes it a invasion ? The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines : 4. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass. 8. The entry of a large group into a new area 3. An intrusion or encroachment . Words matter we need to change some of these words from crisis to INVASION ! Words matter ?

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This is just unconscionable. How many children are missing now? The system isn't working because it's overrun. No amount of money we throw at it will improve it. Control the border. And put these NGOs and their CEOs out of business

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The people running these programs know how and who to get on a Federal government teat.

Once attached, life is good.

They are clever people who know that the socialist core of the Biden administration can be easily played.

Biden himself is akin to a dummy sitting on the lap of his Marxist ventriloquists.

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May 15·edited May 15

I love that these NGO's actually use government money to pay lobbyists to get more government money. The grift that keeps on giving!

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