This is why we have a problem at the border by handing out cash. In addition to clawing back unused covid funds, let's tackle entitlement reform and disincentize their behavior.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/washington-state-diverted-340m-in-federal-covid-funds-to-migrants/
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/washington-state-diverted-340m-in-federal-covid-funds-to-migrants/
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The report from the group, which calls for a smaller federal government, highlighted how $340 million in funding went to a program that sent $1,000 checks to illegal immigrants in the state.
The funds, approved by the Washington state legislature in April 2021, provided "another round of funding for undocumented Washingtonians," according to an impact report on the program said.
The Washington COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund was first set up in 2020 to grant checks to those ineligible for government assistance programs due to their immigration status.
Treasury documents confirm that the state has since provided an extra $340 million in federal relief funds for the one-time cash grants, with 10% of the funding went to community-based organizations to administer the program.
"The $340 million project is categorized as a 'cash transfer' expenditure under the SLFRF, approved for the State of Washington.
A new report shows how federal COVID funds were used in Washington state to give $1,000 checks to illegal immigrants who were ineligible to receive federal economic impact payments during the pandemic.
This means the Biden Administration directly subsidized 'undocumented' immigration under the guise of COVID-19 pandemic relief," the EPIC report said.
The state said that it had previously invested $128 million of funding from the Trump-era CARES Act for 120,000 immigrants who did not qualify for economic relief, but the funding was not sufficient for the number of applications the program received.