𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦, 𝗖𝗨𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗥 & 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗭 𝗢𝗕𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗘

Representatives Henry Cuellar, Monica De La Cruz

In a coordinated effort between the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, $380M was given to agencies and communities to shelter and assist migrants with the City of Brownsville getting $5.8M.  

Some of the larger awards included $22M to Jewish Family Services and $21.6M to Catholic Charities Diocese, both of San Diego.

Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley got $8.7M, while Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo got $3M and the City of Laredo another $3M.

$22M went to New York City's Office of Management and Budget.

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, objected to some of the funding being used to supply airline tickets to migrants for travel: "When I first started this program, I said it would only be used for food and shelter, maybe transportation inside a city, but not to be sending them up there. The family or somebody should pay for that, not taxpayer dollars."

Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-South Texas, agrees, saying that these tax dollars "were not intended to fly illegal immigrants all over the country to the destination of their choice."

According to the Border Report "thousands of migrants have been transported to New York City through Texas' Operation Lone Star, a border security initiative, with many left homeless on the streets of the busy city. Other places where migrants have been shipped include Chicago, Denver and Washington, D.C."