House, Senate MPs move to slap limit on non -governmental organizations that help illegal immigrants in the middle of Trump’s piercing funding
First on the fox: Two legislators in the home and Senate enter separate laws to the slap of non -governmental organization (NGO) Us the Law on Immigration – Coming in the midst of wider questions about financing NGOs and suppressing financing by Trump’s administration.
Tail. Lance GOODEN, R-Texas re-introduces “Federal Funds Protection against the Law on Trade and Smuggest of the People”, while Senator Bill Hagerty, R-tenn., Introduces the correction of exemptions for networks that decide for an illegal migration (fence) law.
Hagerty’s proposal of the law would end the status exempt from tax organizations that help illegal immigrants, demanding that the organizations be exempt do not involve the assistance, compensation, service or other support for those who know that they are illegally present in the United States. “
“The status exempt from taxes is privilege, not the right, and these organizations will be able to preserve its status of the tax exempt by simply by the termination of these activities,” his office said in a statement.
The Sad-Mexico Army Soldiers patrol the Eagle Passo border in Texas, January 24, 2025. President Donald Trump ordered 1,500 more military staff to the border with Mexico as part of Burma Steps to deal with immigration, said his spokeswoman in Jan. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
Gooden’s account would prevent federal contracts and scholarships awarded by non -governmental organizations unless they certified the management and budget office that they are not involved in humans or smuggling trade. This would also confiscate the status of taxes from organizations that consciously violate the Federal Law.
The account also requires Homeland Security Department (DHS) for the development of a written strategy and guide for the best practices for non -profit organizations to ensure that they are in accordance with the law.
It also requires that non -governmental organizations undergo a check procedure to ensure that illegal immigrants do not receive benefits.
“For years, non -governmental organizations have exploited dollars of taxpayers to facilitate illegal immigration under the guise of” humanitarian aid, “Gooden said in a statement.” The exploitation of the US taxpayer will end under Trump’s administration. This account ensures that no Cen of the hard -earned US tax dollars will finance the accomplice organizations in people and illegal border crossings. “
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This is due to long-standing concerns about the role of non-governmental organizations in helping the Government during the 2021-2024 migration crisis. destination. Funds are provided through contracts and support for DHS, health and human services and state department.
Gooden has introduced a number of legislations in this regard, and for years he works to draw attention to that question.
DHS secretary Kristi Noem announced on Wednesday that he had stopped funding non -profit organizations, saying that they were facilitating illegal immigration. Is part of a wide effort of administration to raise the safety of the border and break through illegal immigration.
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“Many of these non -governmental organizations actually have infrastructure and operations set in Mexico, from that part of the border, and talk about these illegal immigrants to reach them, and they will take them across the border,” Noem at Fox News Channel said ” Will Cain show. United States to make it easier for you to break our laws. “
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Until the evaluation is over, Noem said that the department was “spending another period to help destroy this country.”
Last week, President Donald Trump He has signed an executive order that requires an overview of all federal financial resources that will go to non -governmental organizations. These two works of legislation would install restrictions outside this administration. In the meantime, the administration has also frozen USAID because the funding of the Agency is examined for concern for the method of using funding.
Fox News’ Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
