Congressmen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) and Lance Gooden (R-TX) issued a joint letter calling attention to the potential use of federal funds to enable illegal immigration into the United States.
The letter, which was issued to the National Board of FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter program, specifically points to the role of federally-funded NGOs in the immigration process.
“Since President Biden took office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have encountered over five million illegal aliens. This is a direct consequence of the Biden Administration’s policies,” a <a href="https://gooden.house.gov/2023/5/release-gooden-jordan-demand-transparency-from-united-way-in-the-midst-of-border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> from Gooden states. 
It goes on to state, “nearly two million illegal aliens have been released into the U.S. in accordance with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy.” The press release also highlights the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like United Way that receive federal grants and “reportedly use DHS grant funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide aid to illegal aliens.”
Meanwhile, the letter points out that United Way and other NGO’s are “receiving millions of taxpayer dollars to provide free food, lodging, and transportation for illegal aliens across the U.S.”
Gooden asserted that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mommy-theres-bad-guys-at-my-window-border-patrol-wife-describes-dangers-chaos-on-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drastic surge</a> in illegal immigration is “fueled in part by NGOs like those on the EFSP National Board” before urging NGOs involved in immigration to “prioritize transparency and fiscal responsibility.”
“We will remain vigilant in our oversight of federal grants, to safeguard against any misuse of funds that could further exacerbate the current border crisis,” Gooden also stated.
In an earlier letter from Rep. Gooden, he stated, “Taxpayer-funded non-governmental organizations (NGO) play a disturbing role in the inflow and spread of illegal immigrants throughout the country.”
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“Not only do many of these NGOs receive millions in grant funding from the federal government, but they also receive substantial subsidies — all at the expense of the American taxpayer,” his May 23 letter adds. He also charged that many nonprofits act as “resettlement agencies to secretly transport and lodge undocumented migrants” by “bussing and flying illegal aliens to a destination of their choice and housing them in hotels.”
Recent reports have found that the Department of Health and Human Services spent approximately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-spent-13-billion-sponsoring-unaccompanied-minors-since-2012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$13 billion</a> sponsoring unaccompanied minors left at the southern border with Mexico since 2012.
Various NGOs tasked with caring for unaccompanied minors, including Southwest Key Programs and Baptist Child and Family Services, have received grants from the federal government. Despite the large sum spent on safeguarding children, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> indicate that as many as 85,000 unaccompanied minors have gone missing. 
Other reports have found that illegal immigration costs United States taxpayers approximately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayers-shell-out-151-billion-each-year-due-to-illegal-immigration-analysis-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$151 billion</a> every year.

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Maine lawmakers in the state House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/23/maine-lawmakers-back-bill-to-allow-16-and-17-year-olds-access-to-gender-affirming-care-without-parents-consent/?fbclid=IwAR2L_nMgBW6gCcGLQ07wzfHchfeeTOazcMmOX0Yzf2rLbFFQOLvovc9di18&amp;mibextid=Zxz2cZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> a piece of legislation that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to undergo hormone therapy to get gender hormone therapy without the consent of their parents. 
Only one Democrat on the Judiciary Committee opposed the bill, which passed through the committee by a vote of 7-1 and is sponsored by Rep. Erin Sheehan D-Biddeford. The bill, <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0340&amp;item=1&amp;snum=131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">L.D. 535</a>, would allow minors aged 16 and 17 to receive cross-sex hormone therapy without the approval of their parents if they have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. 
&#8220;The goal of this proposal is to protect the lives of young trans people who will certainly be harmed in a delay of gender-affirming care,&#8221; Rep. Sheehan <a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/legislature-looks-at-growing-gender-affirming-care-in-the-state-of-maine-politics-lgbtq/97-e0d59d8b-96f1-4599-bf88-c28142a228f6#:~:text=AUGUSTA%2C%20Maine%20%E2%80%94%20Maine%20House%20Democrats,have%20permission%20from%20their%20parents." target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>.
She also argued that medical transitions are being “politicized and stigmatized in the press and on social media” before adding “transgender people, including youth, are being explicitly vilified and branded a threat to their peers by grownups – even by leaders in their communities.”
The lone Republican who was present, Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, voted in support of the legislation. The other Republican on the 13-member committee left before the vote. Meanwhile, the one dissenting vote came from Rep. Stephen Moriarty D-Cumberland. Although Rep. Moriarty isn’t opposed to the medical transition of minors, he believes that parents should be made aware. 
A number of pro-trans organizations, including OUT Maine, Equality Maine, MaineTransNet, and others, testified in support of the legislation. Meanwhile, others testified in opposition to the legislation, asserting that lawmakers were waging a “war on children” and stripping parents of their rights. 
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A second bill, <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1114&amp;item=1&amp;snum=131">L.D. 1735</a>, would protect medical providers who provide medical transitions from prosecution by authorities in other states. The bill is being proposed by Rep. Laurie Osher, D-Orono, who <a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/legislature-looks-at-growing-gender-affirming-care-in-the-state-of-maine-politics-lgbtq/97-e0d59d8b-96f1-4599-bf88-c28142a228f6#:~:text=AUGUSTA%2C%20Maine%20%E2%80%94%20Maine%20House%20Democrats,have%20permission%20from%20their%20parents." target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, &#8220;That&#8217;s why we call it a shield because we&#8217;re protecting Mainers and the people they treat should also be protected.”  
One physician <a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/legislature-looks-at-growing-gender-affirming-care-in-the-state-of-maine-politics-lgbtq/97-e0d59d8b-96f1-4599-bf88-c28142a228f6#:~:text=AUGUSTA%2C%20Maine%20%E2%80%94%20Maine%20House%20Democrats,have%20permission%20from%20their%20parents." target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> against the legislation, remarking, &#8220;As physicians, we know that the brain development is ongoing in adolescence into early adulthood.”
Next week, the Judiciary Committee is set to hear other bills concerning the LGBT movement, including a piece of legislation that would prevent teachers from referring to students with different pronouns without parental consent and one that would ban males who identify as girls from playing in girls’ sports.
Maine&#8217;s <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/#:~:text=The%20Maine%20House%20consists%20of%20151%20individuals%2C%20(81%20Democrats%2C,Houlton%20Band%20of%20Maliseet%20Indians." target="_blank" rel="noopener">state House of Representatives</a> has 81 Democrats and 67 Republicans, as well as 2 Independents and one vacancy. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state Senate</a> is comprised of 22 Democrats and 13 Republicans.

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Alison Anderson of Del Rio, Texas, wants what any good mother wants for her three young daughters — to have a safe and healthy childhood. But for Anderson, the wife of a Border Patrol agent, keeping her children safe means always keeping a gun within reach.
Her family lives within walking distance of the Rio Grande on a 20-acre &#8220;ranchito&#8221; covered in dense brush. It happens to be surrounded by several roads, making it a key strategic location for the types of illegal aliens who want to enter the country completely undetected, likely violent criminals and drug peddlers who’d risk deportation if they came through a port of entry.
In her household, the border crisis isn&#8217;t a blip on a news cycle — it’s a reality that governs the family&#8217;s day-to-day life. 
“We’ve had convicted rapists caught on their way to our property,” Anderson lamented. Criminals of all types, including people wanted for manslaughter and aggravated kidnapping of a minor, flocked to their previous property.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not heading out there without this,&#8221; Anderson said, motioning to the revolver in her right hand. “Out there” meant her own backyard, less than four miles from the southern border.
The constant danger has rattled her family, particularly her oldest daughter. At only seven years-old, she’s been confronted by the crisis of illegal immigration in ways that most Americans never will. One experience stands out in particular. 
Late one night after Anderson’s husband had left for a night shift, she tucked her children into bed. It wasn’t long before her daughter came bolting into the hallway, panicking while she cried “Mommy mommy, there’s bad guys at my window.” Anderson picked up a firearm, stepped outside, and confronted the group.
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The authorities took 38 minutes to arrive. The migrants were not caught. 
It wasn’t the first time Anderson was forced to grab her gun. “I had to put my baby down and grab my firearm,” she explained, describing the terror she felt as she had to set down her six-month-old to stop a break-in by a male migrant at her former property.
She can&#8217;t count on law enforcement to keep them safe. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had cases where law enforcement won&#8217;t even show up … because of how overwhelmed they are,” she lamented as the gravel of her two-track road crunched under our boots. &#8220;They are constantly now dealing with smuggling cases.&#8221;
With authorities overwhelmed, migrants are never apprehended on her property, which in turn means it is impossible to tell exactly who is hiding out on her land or crossing it in the middle of the night. Anderson can say, however, that she has never seen a family unit coming through the acreage. Rather, it’s almost exclusively used by fighting age men, particularly those who want to evade the authorities at the ports of entry.
She noticed a dramatic shift after the Biden administration took office. Anderson didn’t mince words when asked who she blames for the migrant crisis. “The Biden administration, 100%,” she exclaimed without hesitation.
As we walked along the same path that migrant smugglers walk along her property, she shed light on how migrants, unencumbered by the threat of consequence, had become emboldened over the past couple years. 
One night when she was out feeding the animals, she heard a woman yelling on her cellphone, complaining that her smuggler was late to pick her up.
Her neighbor saw the same audacity firsthand when he found migrant men hiding in his boat — and drinking beer they’d pilfered from his fridge. 
Anderson told The Daily Wire that after Biden was elected, “it was group after group after group that was coming through our property,” before adding “They realized that there were no consequences.”
It suddenly seemed as if the migrants didn’t even care whether they were detected as they made their trek into the United States and through Anderson’s property. “Usually you would see them at night,” but that wasn’t necessarily the case anymore. “Now it can be noon on a  Sunday and there will be dopers” coming through the property with large backpacks.
Changes in Washington had tangible consequences for those in Del Rio. “It really affects the families that are down here living on the border that are raising their kids down here on the border,” Anderson asserted. 
“The kids don’t deserve to be raised in this, having to worry about who’s going to walk out on them from their own backyard … or who is coming up knocking on their window in the middle of the night, trying to lure them to the window, she added.”
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It isn&#8217;t just her daughters, ages seven, five, and two, who she worries about. Her husband, a Border Patrol agent, works a dangerous profession that has only gotten riskier in the last two years. 
“Watching the increased risk that this administration is putting our agents in is a huge concern of mine,” Anderson remarked, adding that agents are now “seeing more combativeness than compliance.” “I remember when there were no assaults …  we’re empowering these illegals based on there not being any consequences.”
<a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/assaults-use-force">Assault and use of force cases</a> against the Border Patrol agents who work on the southern border — agents like Anderson’s husband — have surged since the Biden Administration took office.
While there were 439 assaults against Border Patrol agents on the border in fiscal year 2020, the number climbed to 548 in 2021 and 624 in 2022. Now in 2023, there have already been 305 recorded assault incidents. Weapon and ammunition seizures similarly <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/weapons-and-ammunition-seizures">increased on the border</a> from 2020 to 2021 and again from 2021 to 2022.
But it isn’t just the danger that bothers Anderson. It&#8217;s also what she sees as the fruitlessness of Border Patrol operations neutered by an unfriendly administration.  
“That general risk that always exists with them going to work as an agent is skyrocketing. And honestly at this point, for what? They can work all day in the heat, sweat through their uniforms, catch a group, bring them in, and watch them get processed and released.”
“I just don’t understand how this administration can literally throw our agents to the wolves and have a complete disregard for their safety,” the Border Patrol wife charged.
Our conversation was punctuated with an occasional “BAAAAA” from Mustachio, a sheep who owes his name to the kids. By turning a seemingly peaceful home into a thoroughfare for smugglers and criminals, the migrant crisis has taken a toll on Anderson too.
“I don’t sleep much,” she admitted candidly while walking along the meager remnants of her back fence. All that remained were worn out wooden posts. It wasn’t worth the time, money, or effort to repair a fence that’d just be cut through again, she explained.
Life on the border means living under “constant threat.” Simple tasks like feeding livestock can turn into life-or-death situations in a matter of seconds. She explained that in one instance on her former property, a migrant ran out of the brush and chased her. Anderson was able to kick open a gate to release her dog, buying herself just enough time to get back to the house where her daughters were sleeping.
It all led Anderson to an unfortunate conclusion: that her family had been betrayed, that the interests of illegal aliens had taken precedence over the safety and wellbeing of American citizens. 
“I can’t walk into an emergency room and have every ailment that I want to come up with assessed … without paying a dime. I can’t get free housing. I can’t get the same benefits as an American in this country that illegals are being given.”
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I ask: &quot;Do you believe illegal aliens are being prioritized over you, over your daughters, over American citizens?&quot;
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In Anderson’s eyes, the migrant crisis isn’t just a matter of personal safety. It’s a national crisis. “I don’t understand how Americans aren’t the priority.” She went on to warn “We can’t keep moving in the direction we’re moving in and expect to be the land of the free.”
What other Americans watch on a handful of news outlets, the Andersons witness firsthand. While other Americans hear about the migrant crisis from talking heads, Anderson’s seven-year-old daughter hears the migrant crisis tapping on her window. That which so many other Americans are unaware of, the Andersons know all too well.
But Alison has only a humble request for America. When asked what she wants our country to know about the migrant crisis on our southern border, she said simply: “That it’s real.” 
Alison Anderson’s interview will be featured in an upcoming mini-documentary from The Daily Wire, which will be posted on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DailyWirePlus">YouTube channel</a>.

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‘Mommy There’s Bad Guys At My Window:’ Border Patrol Wife Describes Dangers, Chaos On Southern Border

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Conservative dating app “The Right Stuff” went viral on TikTok for poking fun at men in women’s sports. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-dating-app-for-young-conservatives-made-by-former-top-trump-aide">The Right Stuff</a>, founded by former senior Trump aide John McEntee, took to TikTok four months ago to playfully mock liberalism. The account has since gained more than 400,000 followers, 120 million views, and 17 million likes. 
One TikTok, viewed nearly a million times, features footage of McEntee working out along with audio saying, “This is Emily. Her dream is to win the women’s national championship. But transphobic Republicans are keeping her from her dream.”
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Emily deserves equal rights <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed">#fyp</a> 
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“She may be five times as strong and ten times as fast as the other women, but she feels it&#8217;s her place to compete, and that’s all that matters,” the clip continues. “Emily deserves equal rights,” the satirical video’s caption reads.
Another TikTok portrays McEntee as a high school tennis player who wasn’t getting any playing time. Then, after he “switched” genders and began identifying as a woman, went on to win a state championship.
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One TikTok, which follows McEntee through Target’s “Pride” section, garnered three million views.
McEntee tells The Daily Wire that his team has &#8220;a blast making these videos and are thrilled to have such an engaging audience.&#8221; While McEntee is prominently featured in The Right Stuff&#8217;s viral videos, he credits the social media manager, who he calls &#8220;the brains behind the TikTok operation,&#8221; with the app&#8217;s success on the platform.
The social media strategy appears to be working. The dating app had 4,000 downloads in January, doubled that figure a month later, then doubled again in March. 
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The Right Stuff, based in Southern California, currently has 40,000 monthly active users. It plans to launch a “Friends” feature this summer, which will allow users who aren’t single to find others in their area who share their beliefs.

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Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch are sponsoring at least three different upcoming Pride events despite backlash over the partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, a social media influencer who identifies as transgender. 
Bud Light is <a href="https://archive.ph/6SSZF">listed</a> as a sponsor on the <a href="https://www.cincinnatipride.org/our-sponsors.html">Cincinnati Pride Parade</a> website. Planned Parenthood and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, which <a href="https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/a/adolescent-medicine/programs/transgender/faq">medically transitions minors</a>, are both also listed.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Missouri, where Anheuser-Busch is headquartered, the company is <a href="https://archive.ph/5xuUC">listed</a> as the <a href="https://www.pridestl.org/sponsors">presenting sponsor</a> of the St. Louis Pride Parade. A <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d9f4c07db26f83d156bc874/t/63ba1652f0927a3da707f440/1673139798214/SponsorshipPacket2023.pdf">sponsorship packet</a> explains that there are only four “presenting sponsor” slots available. The “Rainbow” sponsorship tier, located below the “presenting sponsor” tier, requires entities to pay $25,000.
Bud Light is also listed as a “<a href="https://stonewallcolumbus.org/corporate-partners/">Diamond Sponsor</a>” of Stonewall Columbus, which <a href="https://stonewallcolumbus.org/pride/">organizes and hosts</a> the annual Columbus, Ohio, Pride Parade. The “diamond” sponsorship tier requires companies to donate $20,000, a <a href="https://issuu.com/stonewallcolumbus/docs/sponsorship_2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a> from the organization specifies. The document also adds, “All Stonewall Columbus sponsors must affirm Stonewall’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies AND agree to donate no less than 8 hours of volunteer time during a calendar year.”
Anheuser-Busch was also listed as a <a href="https://sfpride.org/sponsor-list/">premier sponsor</a> for the San Francisco Pride Parade in 2022. The 2023 sponsors of the San Francisco Pride Parade have not yet been released.
Bud Light was <a href="https://archive.is/D1PBU">listed</a> as a sponsor of the Chicago Pride Parade on a page that has since been scrubbed. Bud Light boasted that “we have a clear role to play in bringing real change and creating an inclusive and equitable world where we cherish and celebrate one another.”
Corona and Corona Hard Seltzer, products of Anheuser-Busch, are <a href="https://lapride.org/2023-sponsors/">listed as sponsors</a> of the upcoming Los Angeles Pride Parade.
Cutwater Spirits, another Anheuser-Busch product, is <a href="https://archive.ph/BPLHC">listed</a> as a sponsor of the 2023 Chicago Pride Fest, which will occur one week before the Chicago Pride Parade.
The Pride Fest is a two-day festival that will include a “best of Chicago drag performance” and “a Youth Pride Space for teens.” Children as young as 12 will be allowed to attend the “youth pride space.” 
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Bud Light sales have declined since its partnership with Mulvaney was revealed, and the company is even offering to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anheuser-busch-offers-to-buy-back-expiring-cases-of-bud-light-after-dylan-mulvaney-flap">buy back expiring cases</a> of Bud Light from retailers. The controversy began when the company gave Mulvaney Bud Light cans with his face on them.
Anson Frericks, the former president of sales and distribution of Anheuser-Busch, offered his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-long-hot-dry-summer-former-anheuser-busch-president-makes-dire-prediction-about-the-future-of-bud-light">prediction for the company’s future</a> in an interview with The Daily Wire, saying that he expects a “long, hot, dry summer for Anheuser-Busch.”
Anheuser-Busch did not respond to a request for comment.

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The United States has spent $13 billion sponsoring unaccompanied minors at the border since 2012, a new <a href="https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/us-spent-13-billion-sponsoring-unaccompanied?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=775254&amp;post_id=123710810&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> based on Health and Human Services data reveals. 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 150,000 unaccompanied minor encounters at the southwest border in 2022 alone, a record high. The U.S. spent $2.1 billion sponsoring unaccompanied minors last year. The figure averages approximately $18,000 per minor encounter at the border, according to analysis by <a href="https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/us-spent-13-billion-sponsoring-unaccompanied?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=775254&amp;post_id=123710810&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenTheBooks.com</a>.
&#8220;The chaos on America’s southern border has had unintended consequence – a human catastrophe hurting tens of thousands of unaccompanied, defenseless children,&#8221; wrote OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski. &#8220;Despite generous taxpayer funding, the federal infrastructure to provide for these children and ensure their safety is woefully incompetent.&#8221;
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) <a href="https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/ucs/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defines unaccompanied minors</a> as those who have “no lawful immigration status in the United States,” are “under 18 years of age,” and have “no parent or legal guardian in the United States or no parent or legal guardian in the United States is available to provide care and physical custody.”
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But despite the money spent sponsoring unaccompanied minors at the border, some reports indicate that as many as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">85,000 unaccompanied minors are missing</a> and unaccounted for by the federal government. 
ORR is responsible for “making and implementing placement decisions” and “ensuring that the interests of the child are considered in decisions related to care and custody.” The office also states that it is its duty to release unaccompanied minors to “qualified sponsors and family members who are determined to be capable of providing for the child&#8217;s physical and mental well-being.”
It also notes that unaccompanied minors are “especially vulnerable to human trafficking, exploitation, and abuse.”
The ORR also coordinates with several different care providers that they also fund. The office’s budget has increased substantially since 2017, when it gave out $950 million in grants. The budget for fiscal year 2023, meanwhile, is $2.7 billion. 
While most spending, $7.8 billion, took place in Texas, another $1.4 billion was spent in New York and $660 million in Florida. 
Southwest Key Programs, Baptist Child and Family Services, and Health and Human Services are among the entities that have received grants from the ORR.
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Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> have found that some unaccompanied minors have been forced to work dangerous food processing factory jobs in violation of child labor laws. A Florida Grand Jury report even <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-grand-jury-accuses-biden-hhs-complete-abdication-responsibility-migrant-children-welfare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the Biden administration of “facilitating the forced migration, sale, and abuse of foreign children.” 
A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General also <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region6/62107003.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted the agency</a> for not conducting background checks on employees and contractors responsible for the wellbeing of unaccompanied minors.

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An &#8220;unknown subject&#8221; dropped a 4-year-old boy while scaling a roughly 30-foot tall border barrier in San Diego, new surveillance footage reveals. 
The video, captured on Monday, then shows the person descending the barrier before joining the young child and another young migrant. Another adult migrant then comes down the wall to join the other three. 
Agents and emergency medical service arrived at the scene shortly after but reported hearing gunfire near their position while tending to the child, a tweet from the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Raul Ortiz explains. 
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A 4-year-old was dropped from the border barrier by an unknown subject in San Diego, Monday. Responding Agents and EMS providing first aid to the child also reported gunshots near their position while tending to the child. Remarkably, the child is ok! Do not trust smugglers! <a href="https://t.co/MlOp2qka72">pic.twitter.com/MlOp2qka72</a>
&mdash; Chief Raul Ortiz (@USBPChief) <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChief/status/1660748066532610071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The four migrants were told to take cover from gunfire as a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter rushed to the scene to provide air cover. Mexican law enforcement also responded to the incident, rushing to secure their side of the border where it was believed that the gunfire originated.
“Remarkably, the child is ok!” Ortiz wrote in his tweet sharing the video. He also warned migrants, “Do not trust smugglers.”
It has not yet been confirmed whether the two adult migrants are related to the children. The nationality of the migrants is also currently unknown.
CBP spokesperson Michael Scappechio <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/24/video-shows-smuggler-drop-4-year-old-from-top-of-30-foot-border-wall-in-san-diego/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that while attempts to climb over the border wall occur daily, it is uncommon for young children to be involved in such crossings.
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While these migrants were apprehended, it is unclear whether they will be released into the United States. 
Meanwhile, it is estimated that a staggering <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/1-5m-gotaways-have-slipped-into-the-us-under-biden-three-times-as-many-as-during-3-years-of-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1.5 million illegal migrant</a> gotaways have entered the United States since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. An estimated 415,000 total gotaways were reported for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.
A recent <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hosting-migrants-poll-2023-05-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll from CBS News</a> found that only 37 % of Americans approve of Biden&#8217;s handling of the situation at the U.S. southern border, while 63% disapprove.

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Washington state is preparing to spend an estimated $83,000 on an employee diversity training featuring the Director of Drag Queen Story Hour, information obtained by The Daily Wire reveals.
Titled the <a href="https://ofm.wa.gov/state-human-resources/workforce-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-council/deiconference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington DEI Empowerment Conference</a>, the training is set to include talks on diversity, “anti-racism,” and equity every Wednesday in June.
Hayden Michaels, the deputy communications director of the Office of Financial Management, told The Daily Wire that “We expect the cost of putting on the conference to be about $83,000. With 16 sessions and 5,000 seats each session, this works out to $1.06 per seat.”
The conference includes a keynote speech titled “Drag Story Hour and Fireside Chat,” which will take place on June 21st.
The speech’s description defends the performance of drag in front of children, explaining that Executive Director of Drag Queen Story Hour Jonathan Hamilt will share “the necessity of LGBTQAI+ family programming and how the powerful art-form of drag teaches young humans about inclusivity, celebrating diversity, and the vital freedom of self-expression.”
Hamilt, who himself dresses in drag, has a personal goal of &#8220;offering affirming and accepting programming for kids&#8221; in an attempt to heal his &#8220;inner child,&#8221; his biography states.
Drag Queen Story Hour has been caught bringing <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-public-library-admits-registered-child-sex-offender-participated-in-drag-queen-storytime/285-becf3a0d-56c5-4f3c-96df-add07bbd002a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">registered sex offenders</a> into close contact with children at their events on <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/second-drag-queen-story-hour-library-reader-exposed-as-convicted-child-sex-offender/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple</a> different occasions.
The talk will also include Alex Petrovina and Sam Mendum-Purdy of the Trans Formations Project, a non-profit organization that <a href="https://www.transformationsproject.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims to</a> &#8220;protect trans kids&#8221; and is &#8220;<a href="https://www.transformationsproject.org/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dedicated to tracking</a> and educating about the anti-trans legislative crisis currently sweeping the United States.&#8221;
Meanwhile, the conference will also <a href="https://ofm.wa.gov/state-human-resources/workforce-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-council/deiconference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include a talk</a> titled &#8220;Incorporating DEIB and Anti-Racism Work into Recruitment.&#8221; The talk&#8217;s description explains that those working in talent acquisition and Human Resources have &#8220;unique opportunities to create equity and inclusion in very intentional ways in our day-to-day workflow.&#8221; Speakers Lisa Grund and Tangi Tash hope to establish &#8220;authenticity and antiracism as a way of life at work.&#8221;
A session called &#8220;The Elephant in the Room&#8221; will discuss America&#8217;s &#8220;original and most persistent sin, racism.&#8221; The talk will be led by Phillip Jacobs, who previously directed the Washington Employers for Racial Equity.
The majority of the estimated sum, $48,000, is intended to cover speaker fees. Meanwhile, $17,923 is slated to go towards accessibility services such as transcription and sign language interpreters. Another $17,440 will be allocated to technology required for the virtual conference.
Michaels went on to add that the conference allows state employees to “learn more about the lived experiences and challenges of Washingtonians we often don’t reach or hear from,” before also claiming “These are people who regularly face systemic barriers, exclusion from accessing government services, harm from policies, or discrimination in the workplace.”

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A man has been arrested on multiple charges after being accused of entering a Portland, Maine, school bathroom and offering a student hypodermic needles.
Police <a href="https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-man-accused-of-entering-portland-school-offering-student-hypodermic-needles-jacob-horwitch-king-middle-school-criminal-trespass-violation-of-privacy-refusing-to-submit-to-arrest">were notified</a> that a suspicious man, who has now been identified as Jacob Horwitch of Portland, Maine, allegedly entered the girls’ bathroom at King Middle School just before 9:00 a.m. on Monday.
After entering the girls’ bathroom of King Middle School, Horwitch, age 43, offered a female student hypodermic needles, police <a href="https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1355/Latest-News">explained</a>. It is not clear how the suspect first entered King Middle School, a local news outlet <a href="https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-man-accused-of-entering-portland-school-offering-student-hypodermic-needles-jacob-horwitch-king-middle-school-criminal-trespass-violation-of-privacy-refusing-to-submit-to-arrest">reported</a>, though police are still <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/16/portland-man-arrested-for-entering-school-bathroom-offering-needles-to-student/">investigating</a> the incident.
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Although Horwitch had left the middle school before the police arrived, he was found and arrested at the entrance of Deering Oaks Park, about a quarter mile away from the middle school, according to police.
Horwitch was “arrested and charged with Criminal Trespass, Violation of Privacy and Refusing to Submit to Arrest or Detention, Physical Force” according to a <a href="https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1355/Latest-News">press release</a> from the City of Portland. After being arrested, Horwitch was then taken to Cumberland County Jail. 
Portland police reported that there had been a <a href="https://www.wmtw.com/article/portland-police-report-worrying-spike-in-drug-overdoses/43240605#">spike</a> in drug overdoses just months earlier, with three lethal overdoses happening within just five days. Six non-lethal overdoses occurred within the same period of time. The town of 68,000 experienced 96 overdoses and eleven related deaths from the beginning of 2023 up until the first week of March.
Police in Portland, Maine, made a <a href="https://www.wabi.tv/2023/04/12/police-make-fentanyl-bust-enough-kill-entire-population-portland/">fentanyl bust</a> in April, seizing 137 grams of the deadly drug. Officials added that the amount of fentanyl they seized was enough to kill the entire population of the city.

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The number of Americans who believe that now is a good time to buy a house has hit a record low, a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/505901/views-housing-market-reach-new-depths.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new poll</a> has found.
Only 21% of Americans featured in a new Gallup poll say that now is a good time to buy a house, marking a nine-point decrease since last year and a whopping 32-point decrease from 2021.
From 1978 to 2021, at least half of respondents believed it was a good time to buy a house. But in 2023, 78% of those polled said it was a bad time.
Gallup explains that Americans across several different economic categories are pessimistic about buying homes, writing, “Opinions of the housing market are bleak and generally similar among all major subgroups, including by region, urbanicity, homeownership status, income, education and party identification.”
The analytics firm adds that Americans have become increasingly pessimistic “as housing prices have soared and the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to try to tame inflation.”
Meanwhile, 56% of respondents also believe that their home values will rise in the coming years, with 25% who think they will remain the same and 19% who say they will decrease. 
In 2022, 70% of respondents said they believed home values in their areas would rise, while 18% said they’d stay the same, and 12% thought they would decrease.
Midwestern and rural respondents in the 2023 poll were less likely to expect their home values to increase. While 55% percent of Western residents, 61% of Southern residents, and 62% of Eastern residents said they believed their home values would rise, only 45% of Midwestern residents agreed.
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Among rural respondents, only 45% believe that their home values will increase, while 57% of suburban residents and 64% of city residents believe their values will increase.
Gallup’s poll was conducted between April 3rd and 25th and included a random sample of 1,013 respondents in the United States.

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The director of an Oregon pediatric <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/doernbecher/doernbecher-gender-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender clinic</a> received thousands of dollars in 2018 from a pharmaceutical company that produces puberty blockers, data reviewed by The Daily Wire shows.
<a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/providers/kara-j-connelly-md">Kara Connelly</a>, the director of the <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/doernbecher/doernbecher-gender-services">gender clinic</a> at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, has received at least $3,114 from Endo Pharmaceuticals, data from the United States government’s <a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/839798" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open Payments</a> transparency program reveals. 
Connelly received the sum across nine separate payments for consulting, travel, and lodging. Overall, she received $2,110 for consulting, $815 for travel and lodging, and $189 for food and beverages. Each of these payments occurred in 2018, the most recent year for which data is available. 
Open Payments data reveals that Connelly was compensated for consulting services<a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/payment/2018/General/605954205" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> directly related to Supprelin LA</a>, a product of Endo Pharmaceuticals that is used off-label as a puberty blocker. The Food and Drug Administration has <a href="https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/20636/Risk-of-pseudotumor-cerebri-added-to-labeling-for?autologincheck=redirected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that Supprelin LA, which has a <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/24/808049526/hormone-blocker-sticker-shock-kids-drug-costs-8-times-more-than-one-for-adults" target="_blank" rel="noopener">list price</a> of $37,000, may carry the risk of causing brain swelling and permanent vision loss. 
An analysis by <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doctors-prescribe-more-of-a-drug-if-they-receive-money-from-a-pharma-company-tied-to-it/amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ProPublica</a> found that “doctors who received payments linked to specific drugs prescribed more of those drugs.” The report went on to add that &#8220;On average, across all drugs, providers who received payments specifically tied to a drug prescribed it 58% more than providers who did not receive payments.&#8221;
Franny White, a senior media relations specialist at Oregon Health and Science University, defended Connelly in a statement, saying the collaboration was done in compliance with ethics guidelines and state and federal regulations.
&#8220;As part of its mission to ensure the health and well-being of all patients, Oregon Health &amp; Science University collaborates with a variety of external entities. External collaboration is done in accordance with OHSU’s strict ethical guidelines as well as federal and state regulations. OHSU pediatrician Kara Connelly, M.D., briefly served as a consultant for Endo Pharmaceuticals in 2018, and has not done so since that time,&#8221; White said in a statement to the Daily Wire.
&#8220;OHSU proudly offers gender-affirming health care to patients of all ages,&#8221; White continued, adding that the hospital&#8217;s medical transition of minors &#8220;follows established, evidence-based medical standards, and are offered through a thoughtful, multidisciplinary process that involves both patients and their support systems.&#8221;
Connelly did not respond to a request for comment.
The Doernbecher Children’s Hospital explains that it offers “<a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/doernbecher/doernbecher-gender-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pubertal suppression,</a>” which, citing WPATH, it says “gives adolescents time to explore their gender,&#8221; noting that “some teens may go on to transition with hormone therapy or surgery.&#8221;
The hospital even produced an informational <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-12/Gender-Clinic-Puberty-Blockers-Handout.pdf">guide on puberty blockers</a>, which refers not to men and women or boys and girls, but “people with testicles” and “people with ovaries.” It also explains that some of the most commonly used puberty blockers are Supprelin LA from Endo Pharmaceuticals and Lupron Depot, from pharmaceutical company AbbVie. 
Meanwhile, Connelly’s <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/providers/kara-j-connelly-md">profile</a> on the hospital’s website lists the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES) under “memberships and associations.” PES touts AbbVie’s drug Lupron and Endo Pharmaceuticals’ drug Supprelin LA in its <a href="https://pedsendo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pubertal-Suppression-for-Youth-with-Gender-Dysphoria.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guide to pubertal suppression</a>.
Connelly is just one of numerous children’s gender clinic directors who have <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/08/12/puberty-blocker-manufacturers-fund-pro-trans-doctors-medical-associations-activist-organization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received funds</a> from pharmaceutical companies that produce puberty blockers. 
<a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/07/25/puberty-blocker-manufacturer-gave-money-director-boston-childrens-transgender-clinic/">Jeremi Carswell</a>, the director of the Boston Children’s Hospital Gender Multispecialty Clinic, is one such doctor. She received $2,110 from Endo Pharmaceuticals in 2018 for consulting related to Supprelin LA and a total of $3,055 from the company, according to<a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/1167412" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Open Payments data</a>.
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An <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-08381-001" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> co-written by Carswell titled “Pubertal suppression for transgender youth and risk of suicidal ideation” had to be revised to note that Carswell “has received an advisory board stipend from Endo Pharmaceuticals.”
<a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/07/26/childrens-gender-clinic-founder-was-consultant-puberty-blocker-manufacturers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Rosenthal</a>, the founder and director of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Gender Center as well as a former president of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, took a<a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/1004717" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> total of $16,637</a> from Endo Pharmaceuticals and AbbVie Pharmaceuticals between 2015 and 2018. 
Both<a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/183677" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Maja Marinkovic</a>, the <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/07/26/puberty-blocker-company-paid-co-director-childrens-transgender-clinic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-director</a> of the Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego Center for Gender-Affirming Care, and<a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/1251744" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Joshua Safer</a>, the <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/07/28/puberty-blocker-manufacturer-paid-director-mount-sinai-transgender-clinic-consulting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive director</a> of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Surgery and Medicine, have taken thousands from Endo Pharmaceuticals for consulting services directly relating to the puberty-blocking drug.

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Oregon Child Transgender Clinic Director Took Thousands Of Dollars From Puberty Blocker Developer

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A leftist activist organization teamed up with big pharma to push transgender ideology in American hospitals, a recent <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/how-left-wing-activist-group-teamed-up-with-big-pharma-to-push-radical-gender-ideology-on-american-hospitals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> revealed. 
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a leftist organization that supports transgenderism, created a <a href="https://www.hrc.org/resources/healthcare-equality-index" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scorecard</a>, called the “Healthcare Equality Index,” which measures “healthcare facilities&#8217; policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.” 
HRC goes on to add that “The HEI 2022 evaluates more than 2,200 healthcare facilities nationwide.” The <a href="https://reports.hrc.org/hei-2022?_ga=2.262789893.849845406.1684178905-454775251.1684178905#lgbtq-patient-and-community-engagement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> discussed a number of different factors, including hospitals’ approach to gender transition attempts and their support for “pro-equality legislation.”
“The Healthcare Equality Index 2022 asked participants a series of questions about LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices,” HRC noted. The report was split up into four criteria, including “Patient and Community Engagement” and “Employee Benefits and Policies,” which includes “Transgender-Inclusive Health Insurance.”
There’s also “Patient Services and Support,” which includes “LGBTQ+ Patient Services and Support” and “Transgender Patient Services and Support.”
A detailed <a href="https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/HEI-2024-Scoring-Criteria-Tiers.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criteria list</a> also explains that, in order to receive a higher score, healthcare facilities should offer “certain transgender-specific clinical services” and should also have “an externally promoted multidisciplinary gender clinic for either adults and/or youth.”
A hospital can also lose points if it engages in an activity that HRC considers to be “discriminatory.” Both UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health in Dallas lost points last year after they stopped administering puberty blockers to children experiencing gender dysphoria. The HRC <a href="https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/two-dallas-hospitals-receive-maximum-penalty-in-healthcare-equality-index-scores" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decried </a>the move as “discrimination against transgender youth.”
HRC notes that their Healthcare Equality Index “was funded in part by grants from PhRMA and Pfizer, Inc.” PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Researcher and Manufacturers of America, is the <a href="https://phrma.org/en/About" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trade association</a> that “represents the nation’s leading biopharmaceutical research companies.”
Brian Newell, a spokesperson for PhRMA, said in a <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/how-left-wing-activist-group-teamed-up-with-big-pharma-to-push-radical-gender-ideology-on-american-hospitals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that the trade association “was not involved in the development” of the scoring system, also adding &#8220;Our work with the [Human Rights Campaign] has primarily focused on issues impacting patient access and affordability, including for those with HIV.” 
Beth Rempe, who worked as a nurse at Washington DC’s Children’s National Hospital in 2019, explained how transgenderism was pushed at the institution. Rempe noted that doctors started to wear transgender pride flag pins while nurses began asking children their preferred pronouns.
Meanwhile, a mandatory training taught staff how to be “supportive and affirming in working with trans people.”
&#8220;I was concerned that I would eventually have to administer puberty blockers and hormones, not just use the pronouns,&#8221; Rempe <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/how-left-wing-activist-group-teamed-up-with-big-pharma-to-push-radical-gender-ideology-on-american-hospitals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> before going on to add &#8220;I kept finding myself in situations I wasn’t comfortable with ethically.&#8221;

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Leftist Activist Organization Allies With Big Pharma To Push Transgenderism In Hospitals

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