The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA is among more than 200 non-governmental organisations named in a congressional probe for aiding immigrants during former president Joe Biden’s administration. Source: OSV News.
US House Committee on Homeland Security chair Mark Green and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability chairman Josh Brecheen announced their investigation on June 11.
According to a June 11 press release, “The chairmen are examining whether these NGOs used taxpayer dollars to facilitate illegal activity, as the previous administration incentivised millions of inadmissible aliens to cross our borders — many of whom were subsequently aided by NGOs after being released at the border under the Biden-Harris administration’s mass catch-and-release policies.”
Mr Biden was US president from January 2021 to January 2025. He was preceded and succeeded by President Donald Trump.
In letters sent to the NGOs, the chairs “request each NGO complete a survey that includes questions on the government grants, contracts, and disbursements they have received; any lawsuits against the US federal government they are petitioning; amicus briefs they have filed in any lawsuit brought against the US federal government; any legal service, translation service, transportation, housing, sheltering, or any other form of assistance provided to illegal immigrants or unaccompanied alien children since January 2021; and more.”
Catholic Charities has long denied claims it facilitates illegal immigration.
On its website, the USCCB states that the Catholic Church does not support illegal immigration but advocates for “changing a broken law so that undocumented persons can obtain legal status in our country and enter the United States legally to work and support their families”.
FULL STORY
USCCB, Catholic Charities among 200 NGOs in House probe on migrant aid (OSV News)
