Posted on 05/16/2021 11:42:56 AM PDT by bitt
The Biden administration has pulled more than $2 billion out of programs authorized by Congress for COVID-19 testing, emergency medical supplies and other health needs — and is spending it on shelter for the 45,000 unaccompanied migrant children that have flooded across the US border this year.
The Department of Health and Human Services siphoned $850 million out of funds allocated for testing in President Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, Politico reported Saturday.
Secretary Xavier Becerra pulled $850 million more out of a fund meant to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile of items like medical gloves, masks, antibiotics and ventilators, and yanked $436 million out of other health programs, according to HHS spokesman Mark Weber.
Such transfers are legal, as long as Congress is notified.
In all, $2.13 billion have been poured into emergency shelters near the US-Mexico border, where kids have been crammed into jail-like “pods” that allow for no social distancing.
The report came just days after Becerra appeared before a congressional committee to plead for another $905 million to be pumped into the pandemic-depleted stockpile.
The news of the cash diversion had Republicans — who have blamed the spiraling border crisis on Biden’s executive orders rolling back President Trump’s strict immigration policies — fuming.
“The President single-handedly created this crisis and is now misplacing billions in taxpayers’ money,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) told The Post.
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Why not use funds that had nothing to do with covid?
Is “migrants” refer to legal migrants or is it a code word for those who are actually illegal alien criminals?
Don’t
Get
Me
Started.
“Migrants” equals illegal alien invaders.
They’re just throwing this stuff in out face.
“See? See what we’re doing? We’re inventing scamdemics! And we’re taking your money! And we’re giving it to criminals! Criminals who will ruin your neighborhood! See? What are you going to do about it? Huh? Nothing! Because we’re in control and you’re not, you stupid losers!”
future generations will be pleased to pay for them i’m sure
They had better get off their high horses before their criminal, unconstitutional election shit hits the fan!
They will all go to prison and will have to pay back every penny out of their own pockets.
Well, once it get’s there it’s 1.25 billion. The cost of doing business. And a few million will actually be spent on testing cages and mylar. The rest is the cost of doing business.
MIGRANT kids? No, they are called ILLEGAL ALIENS
2018:
Refugee costs: $8.8 billion, $80,000 per immigrant, free welfare, Medicaid
“There are some 18 federal and state programs refugees can tap for financial help, including food stamps, child care, public housing and school loans.
On a yearly average, it is $1.8 billion, or $15,900 per refugee. Included in that are enormous refugee resettlement costs such as $867 million in welfare, housing assistance and education.
That is nearly five times the pay for a private in the Army Reserve. “
Round them up and send them right back over the border.
Buy them a Happy Meal along the way.
Just like they did after SARS. Failed to replenish the National Strategic Stockpile so we had massive shortages of PPE, respirators etc....
I’m actually fine with our dollais going to children who were here through no fault of their own versus to Democratic cronies
I’m not a fan of illegal immigration but these are children
Secretary Xavier Becerra pulled $850 million more out of a fund meant to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile of items like medical gloves, masks, antibiotics and ventilators, and yanked $436 million out of other health programs, according to HHS spokesman Mark Weber
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Depleted Emergency Medical Supplies...What could possibly go wrong?
Holy crap. How many kids is he buying?
And why in God's name has myself and every other American taxpayer now become the responsible party for a horde of human garbage pushing their way in here?
Don’t worry the courts will quickly do a nationwide injuction to stop it.
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