Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the mfn-opts domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114
GOOD NEWS: FEMA Requests Migrants’ Names and Addresses From Texas Grant Recipients, by Uriel J. García – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

GOOD NEWS: FEMA Requests Migrants’ Names and Addresses From Texas Grant Recipients, by Uriel J. García

The Era Of Presuming Liberal Moral Superiority Is Over, by Mark Hemingway
March 17, 2025
Another Win for Tump in USCCB Immigration Lawsuit, by Margot Cleveland
March 17, 2025

By Uriel J. García, Texas Tribune , March 14, 2025

The Trump administration has asked local governments and nonprofit organizations that received federal grants to identify immigrants they have housed, suggesting in a letter that they may have violated human smuggling laws.

The Department of Homeland Security has “significant concerns” that organizations and governments receiving Federal Emergency Management Agency grants “may be guilty of encouraging or inducing an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States” violating immigration laws, according to a March 11 letter signed by Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of FEMA.

The three-page letter was first reported by the Associated Press and obtained by The Texas Tribune. In the letter, Hamilton asked that local governments and organizations that have received a grant from FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program respond within 30 days with a list of the names and contact information for immigrants they have assisted.

Hamilton said that moving forward, FEMA will ask recipients of these grants to sign an affidavit stating that no one within the organization or local government has any knowledge or suspicion of violating human smuggling laws.

The letter also says FEMA grants will be withheld as DHS conducts its review.

Continue reading at AOL

SOURCE >>>>>>>>>>>>