The Biden administration is sending U.S. taxpayer dollars to northern Mexico as part of the reinstated Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, a Trump-era program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are adjudicated.
In their letter, the Republican lawmakers said they have "Serious concerns with the Department of State's refusal to provide information on U.S. foreign assistance funds" being used for Remain in Mexico.
The GOP lawmakers, led by ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul, have been asking for information about the reinstatement of the program since December, when the Biden administration announced it had reached an agreement with Mexico to resume Remain in Mexico.
Nor has it provided lawmakers with any information about funding for migrant shelters in Mexico.
The question of shelters is important, because in order for Remain in Mexico to work, migrants enrolled in the program must have somewhere to go once they are returned to Mexico by U.S. border authorities.
If U.S. funds are going to Mexico to pay for transportation for migrants from, say, Brownsville, Texas, to Monterrey, it's a reasonable assumption that some of that money is ending up in the hands of the cartels and criminal gangs that control much of northern Mexico, and generally keep close tabs on illegal immigrants transiting through their territory.
Same goes for U.S. funding for migrant shelters and other services in northern Mexico.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Lawmakers Demand Info About US Funding Of Migrant Shelters In Mexico
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