Schiff Accused of Fraud, Top Jill Biden Aide Pleads the Fifth, Border NGOs Exposed： AM Update 7⧸17
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Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, criminally referred to the DOJ regarding potential mortgage fraud. Was Joe Biden fit to exercise the duties of the president? Former first lady Jill Biden s powerful top aide refuses to answer House Oversight Committee questions in the investigation into the possible criminal cover-up of President Joe Biden s mental decline. And a fiery House hearing shines light on how billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars were used by non-governmental organizations or NGOs to facilitate President Biden s border crisis. All that and more coming up in a moment on Your AM Update with Megan Kelly ( )!
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Wait, how is it July 17th? It was July 4th, literally yesterday.
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In any event, it is July 17th and this is your AM update.
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I mean, to me, it looks like he committed mortgage fraud.
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Senator Adam Schiff, a fierce critic of President Trump,
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criminally referred to the DOJ regarding potential mortgage fraud.
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Was Joe Biden fit to exercise the duties of the president?
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Former First Lady Jill Biden's powerful top aide refuses to answer House Oversight Committee questions
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in the investigation into the possible criminal cover-up of President Biden's mental decline.
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And a fiery House hearing shines light on how billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars were used by
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non-governmental organizations or NGOs to facilitate President Biden's border crisis.
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The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, William Pulte, criminally referring U.S.
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Senator from California, Democrat Adam Schiff, to the DOJ alleging mortgage fraud.
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Fox News on Wednesday publishing the referral letter, which was sent to the DOJ in May.
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The letter accusing then-Congressman Schiff of misrepresenting his primary residence to obtain
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In 2003, Congressman Schiff and his wife declaring a Maryland property as their primary residence,
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despite his role as a California congressman, reaffirming the property as the primary residence
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Meanwhile, Mr. Schiff also reportedly claiming a tax break on a Burbank, California condo,
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Mr. Schiff appears to have falsified records in order to receive favorable loan terms,
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and also appears to have been aware of the financial benefits of a primary residence mortgage
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when compared to a secondary residence mortgage.
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CNN first reporting this story in 2023 in the lead-up to Mr. Schiff's Senate election.
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Adams, California, and Maryland addresses have been listed as primary residence for loan purposes
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because they are both occupied throughout the year and to distinguish them from a vacation property.
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Now it's Senator Schiff, a leading resistance member against President Trump during his first
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As chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Schiff spearheading President Trump's first
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impeachment, serving as the Democrat face of the House-Russia collusion investigation
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and participating in the January 6th Select Committee, for which he received a preemptive
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In 2023, Schiff was censured by the House for lying about those Russiagate allegations,
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which rebuke Schiff later said he considered a badge of honor.
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President Trump reacting Wednesday on Real America's Voice.
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He looks to me like he did commit that. I looked at it just recently. I read a story
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about it. And it's, I mean, to me, it looks like he committed mortgage fraud. No, he's a bad
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guy, Schiff. He's a sick puppy. He's unattractive in every single way. Every single way you can be
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unattractive, that Schiff. He's a bad guy. No, if he created fraud, he should suffer just like he made
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everyone else suffer, just like the horrible things he did to so many Republicans and conservatives and
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Now, Senator Schiff responding in this video posted Tuesday to social media.
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So he's accused me of treason. He's also accused me of leaking classified information. He's accused
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me of fraud. It's been basically one thing after another, all baseless, all without merit.
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So the president today is accusing me of fraud. And the basis of his accusation is that I own a
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home in Maryland and I own a home in California. Big surprise. Members of Congress, almost all of
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them own more than one home or rent more than one home.
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That may be true, but legally, only one can be the primary residence. It is unclear if the Justice
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Department is actively investigating this case after the referral. The case echoes a similar
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investigation referred to the DOJ by the Federal Housing Finance Agency regarding New York State
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Attorney General Letitia James, another Trump antagonist for potential mortgage fraud. That
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case led to a criminal investigation by the DOJ with the FBI issuing two subpoenas. No formal
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charges have yet been issued against James, who denies any wrongdoing. Coming up, First
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Lady Jill Biden's top aide invoking the Fifth Amendment as the House Oversight Committee investigates
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allegations of a cover-up involving President Biden's cognitive decline. And the House Homeland
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Security Committee holds a hearing on the role of NGOs in Biden's border crisis.
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Former First Lady Jill Biden's former chief of staff, Anthony Bernal, invoking the Fifth Amendment
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against self-incrimination Wednesday in front of the House Oversight Committee. Bernal is now the
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second person to refuse to answer questions in the committee's investigation into the potential
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criminal cover-up of President Biden's mental decline while he was in office. Last week, President
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Biden's longtime physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, also declining to answer the committee's questions,
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pleading the Fifth. Oversight Chairman James Comer on the Hill shortly after ending the meeting with
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Bernal. Just so everyone knows, these are the types of questions we ask. Was Joe Biden fit to exercise
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the duties of the president? He pled the Fifth. Second question, did any unelected official or family
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member execute the duties of the presidency? And this is Joe Biden's chief of staff. Did any
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unelected officials or family members ever execute the duties of the presidency? Simple question. He
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knew he was going to be asked that. Everybody in America wants to know that. He pled the Fifth.
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We believe there was illegal use of the auto pin. We're going to continue to bring these people in,
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give them an opportunity to answer questions. Bernal, a longtime Democrat operative holding a
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powerful position throughout the Biden presidency. While in the Biden White House, Bernal developing
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quite the reputation, some say as a tyrant, but certainly as someone with an unusual amount of
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power. Here's Miranda Devine. Anthony Bernal is the diminutive gay factotum of Jill Biden.
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Absolutely devoted, very loyal to both the Bidens. He's been with Jill Biden since Joe Biden was
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vice president. So over a decade. He dresses her. He glams her up. He plans overseas trips they take
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together on Air Force One during Joe Biden's presidency. And he and one other staffer were the
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only people who were allowed into the residence from the White House staff. They were the only ones who
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were allowed to see Joe Biden in the wild, as it were. And Jill Biden trust and Joe trusted her chief
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of staff, Anthony Bernal implicitly with all the family secrets. Bernal's lawyer releasing a statement
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on Wednesday provided to the Oversight Committee, reading in part, quote, the committee seeks Mr.
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Bernal's testimony based on a purported controversy regarding use of the auto pen at the conclusion of
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President Biden's term. President Biden has already confirmed that he personally made all decisions
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concerning his grants of clemency. Not exactly. Government watchdog group The Oversight Project
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finding the vast majority of documents in the Biden White House were signed with the auto pen.
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Previous testimony from senior Biden aide Neera Tanden confirming that the people in charge of the auto
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pen often had little face time with President Biden directly. And earlier this week, Mr. Biden confirmed
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to the New York Times that he would sometimes approve pardons that would go through aides to other
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aides. And then when confirmation was sought by those junior aides, a middle aide would simply reply
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all with the appropriate directions. Florida Congressman Byron Donald's, a Republican, blasting Bernal
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following the meeting on the Hill and warning this investigation is just getting started.
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First things first, that's just crazy. You can't answer a simple question about the former
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president's ability to discharge his duties. And you worked in the White House as chief of staff to
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the first lady. And you come in here and you plead the fifth. It's stunning. And it demonstrates the
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level of corruption that was going on in that administration. The chairman is being nice. I don't
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have to be. This is corruption at the highest level. Because if you cannot say, answer a simple
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question about Joe Biden's capabilities, then that further demonstrates that he was not in charge of his
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administration. And if he was not in charge of his administration, then every order, every bill that
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was signed, every memorandum, as far as I'm concerned, are null and void. As far as I'm
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concerned, every member of the Biden administration at this point needs to be subpoenaed. I don't care
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if there were a secretary. I don't care if there were a janitor working in there. They all got to come
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me. And it's a question for this committee. Former Biden aide Annie Tomasini, subpoenaed earlier this
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week, set to testify this Friday. The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday holding a hearing
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on the role of non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, funded by billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars
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in transporting and resettling millions of illegal immigrants under the Biden administration.
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Critics accusing former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
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of systematically dismantling Trump-era border policies, intentionally sparking an influx of
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millions of illegals. At the height of the crisis, as many as 12,000 illegals were arriving at the
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southern border every day. Republican Congressman Michael Guest of Mississippi describing how taxpayer
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funds were used by these NGOs to then help the Biden administration facilitate the crisis.
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These groups that received billions in taxpayer funding would prove instrumental in helping
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the Biden-Harris administration process and release a historic number of illegal aliens into our
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country. These groups spent billions of taxpayers' dollars to provide all types of benefits to
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illegal aliens. So our taxpayer dollars were used to form the final link in the cartel's human smuggling
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operation, paying to help illegal aliens travel to their preferred destinations. Chicago, New York,
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Miami, Los Angeles, or other destinations of choice. The Biden border crisis provided to be a profitable
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business for some NGOs. I would argue that these groups had a vested interest in prolonging the crisis.
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We cannot let taxpayer dollars be used to facilitate lawbreaking, and we must shine a light on this
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disgraceful step as we began to hold these organizations accountable.
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Ranking member of the committee, Democrat Congressman Benny Thompson, in his opening remarks,
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calling the hearing a sham, accusing Republicans of attacking religious organizations carrying out
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Republicans falsely accuse Catholic, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Evangelical, Muslim, and secular
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charities that feed, clothe, and aid the needy of having, quote, supercharged the business model of
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cartels, end quote. That is a slanderous accusation and fringe conspiracy theories with no basis in
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reality. Today's hearing are shameful abuses of congressional power to bully people for how they
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choose to exercise their religion and help their fellow man. It's an attack on diverse faith-based
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organizations over their religious practices and is a threat to charities that do humanitarian work
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Republicans do not like. Committee Republicans are attacking charities and religious organizations
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for providing food, clothing, and shelter to people in need.
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Witness Mike Howell, president of the aforementioned government watchdog group,
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The Oversight Project, disputing Mr. Thompson's characterization of these organizations,
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instead describing an unholy alliance between the government and these NGOs.
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We saw the writing on the wall during the Biden border crisis, with the sick marriage between the
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government and so-called non-governmental organizations facilitating illegal immigration.
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The reason I call these groups so-called non-governmental organizations is because they,
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for the most part, draw funds from the government or have a preferential tax status from the
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government. They are more creatures of the government than they are non-governmental.
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This invasion could not have been accomplished without a colossal partnership between the
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government and open borders organizations. Simply put, under the Biden administration's open border
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policies, the government could only do so much to facilitate mass illegal immigration,
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welcome illegal aliens into the United States, and move them around the country.
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The Biden administration needed help, so they drove an estimated $6 billion to a conglomerate
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of 15 U.N. agencies and over 200 nonprofits, as recently calculated by the Center for Immigration
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Studies, to do the open borders work for them. Witness Ali Hopper, president of Guard Against
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Trafficking, with chilling testimony alleging cartels hijacked the unaccompanied child migrant system,
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turning it into a for-profit trafficking pipeline funded by billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars.
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I have held a six-year-old Colombian child in my arms, cold, dirty, and shaking, left to die at the
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border by the cartel. Over $20 billion has been dispersed under the UAC program, almost $14 billion of
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that in the last six years alone. Yet despite this massive investment, hundreds of thousands of children
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remain unaccounted for as the U.S. taxpayer dollars fueled a system hijacked by criminal networks.
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No-bid, billion-dollar contracts were awarded with little oversight, while influx facilities became
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transportation hubs. Children were routinely kidnapped and funneled into the U.S. for-profit.
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Cartels infiltrated NGOs along those smuggling routes, turning humanitarian pathways into
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trafficking pipelines. Weak sponsor vetting worsened this problem. An HHS audit later found that 70%
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of sponsor applications were fraudulent, making proper post-placement welfare checks nearly impossible.
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Throughout the 2024 election, then-candidate Trump promising to counteract President Biden's
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border policies by carrying out the largest mass deportation in history, a policy supported by the
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majority of Americans. Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee using the bulk of their time
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to attack those policies and the ICE agents involved in carrying out Mr. Trump's agenda.
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Republicans are going to lie and gaslight us all to help their fascist boss suppress dissent.
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Back home every day, masked ICE agents, no badge, no identification, grabbing people off the streets.
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These ICE agents running around our communities like masked bank robbers, terrorizing women.
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Last week, federal law enforcement in California apprehending more than 300 illegal aliens working at a
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marijuana farm, including 14 children. ICE reporting nine of those children were unaccompanied
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minors, illegal immigrants without their parents. These minors found working alongside illegal aliens
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with criminal records, including at least one child predator. Great job, President Biden. Great job,
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Gavin Newsom. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for the Megyn Kelly
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