Groups Helping Illegal Immigrants Took $291 MILLION From Taxpayers

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“Nonprofits Helping Illegal Immigrants Took $291 Million From Taxpayers,” by Ethan Barton, Daily Caller, March 9, 2017:

Taxpayers funded eight nonprofits that serve, protect or advocate for illegal immigrants with more than $291 million between 2012 to 2016, according to an analysis of federal spending data and tax documents by the Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group.

The eight groups — including at least one that endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016 — provide a variety of support to illegal aliens, ranging from legal and social services to political advocacy.

Ninety-four percent of the public funds — or, nearly $274 million — came from the federal government, according to data obtained from USAspending.gov and 990 tax forms.

The $291 million total in public funding, however, is almost certainly an underestimate, since the respective 990s of each implicated nonprofit for all five years were not always available. Additionally, those groups only represent a small sample of publicly-funded pro-illegal immigrant nonprofits.

“At least 684 nonprofits nationwide provide some form of legal aid to immigrants,” a 2013 Urban Institute study said. More than half of these had budgets bigger than $1 million, but a “more detailed breakdown is necessary to reveal how much support comes from … government agencies.”

The Urban Institute study also claimed there were too few charities at the time to serve the growing “unauthorized population” and that additional taxpayer-funded support was necessary. The study estimated that California’s 111 nonprofits then providing legal aid to immigrants could serve as many as 22,973 illegal immigrants each.

The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) received the most in government grants of the eight charities TheDCNF analyzed, raking in nearly $255 million — or 87 percent — of the total funding, data shows. A large portion of that money was awarded to assist refugees.

And government grants accounted for 92 percent of the LIRS budget between 2013 and 2015.

LIRS wants to ensure “all migrants and refugees are protected, embraced and empowered,” and seeks to end detention centers, according to its website. Instead, the group advocates for “community-based alternatives to immigration detention” to house “individuals as they await a final decision on their immigration status.”

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) was the second most publicly-funded charity among the eight analyzed nonprofits, receiving more than $17 million between 2013 and 2015, data shows. Government grants accounted for only a small portion of its revenue.

The group’s 2012 and 2016 990s were unavailable, but NCLR received an average of more than $5 million each year. La Raza’s political action committee endorsed Clinton for president during the 2016 campaign. It was the group’s first-ever presidential candidate endorsement.

La Raza’s president and CEO Janet Murguia is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement strategies, comparing his promise to deport illegal immigrants to both the African slave trade and the predominantly Japanese internment camps established in the U.S. following Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Americans For Immigrant Justice received nearly $8 million in government grants between 2012 and 2014 (its 2015 and 2016 990s were unavailable) — the third largest amount among the eight charities reviewed by TheDCNF. Public money accounted for nearly 91 percent of its total revenue, and it annually received $2.6 million on average….

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12banjo
12banjo
7 years ago

How does the United Methodist Church figure in on this?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  12banjo

This data is dated, it shows the relative status of how Christianity in America is very supportive of islam, who are determined to kill all Christians and anyone else who is not the right sect of muslim. Stupidity, thy name is Christian in denial of islam’s hatred of you.
This is the American Christian churches response to the subhuman violence of islam.

All of the major Christian churches in America have come out in favor of importing hundreds of thousands of Muslims into the US from the Middle East, even though such a move will speed up the extinction of both European-Americans and Christianity itself.

The Lutheran church in America has become the latest Christian denomination to make a formal appeal to Congress to allow even more Muslim “refugees from Syria” into the US, according to a report on the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service website.

The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), which is made up of a partnership between the three largest Lutheran Churches in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod LC-MS, and the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (LELCA), brought together over 30 Lutheran bishops, pastors, service partners, and leaders for the annual Lutheran Immigration Leadership Summit (LILS) On October 26–27.

Lutherans-advocate-for Syrian-refugees

According to the Lutheran news site report, the next day, LILS participants gathered for a Lutheran prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill where Lutheran representative David Cicilline (D-RI), “a staunch advocate for increasing aid to and resettlement of Syrian refugees, motivated our participants with his call for action.”

After that, the LILS participants attended a meeting with White House officials, including representatives from the National Security Council, Domestic Policy Council, and the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

According to the Lutheran news site, the LILS participants then “delivered petitions from thousands of Lutherans asking for the resettlement of more Syrian refugees.”

The Lutherans are merely the latest in the long line of all major Christian denominations to line up to plead the case for the 97 percent Sunni Muslim “refugee resettlement program” already in place.

1. The Catholic Church, with 68.5 million members, is now the single largest denomination in America.

Catholics-refugees

That church is proud to boast that the United States Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services department “resettles approximately 30 percent of the refugees that arrive in the US each year.”

It also encourages all Catholics to contact their “local Catholic Charities agency to find out if it has a resettlement program and, if so, how you can assist them in their effort to resettle refugees and help them build new lives of hope here in the United States.”

2. The next largest denomination in the US is the Southern Baptist Convention, which has 16.1 million members.

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On its website, under an article titled “10 ways you can help with the Syrian refugee crisis” that church tells its members that “Global migration has brought many Syrians to the United States. Your church has an incredible opportunity to share God’s love with them as they make new lives here.”

It then urges its members to become involved in an online “community project” called ethnecity.com, which is centered around “integrating” as many “immigrants” and “refugees” as possible into the US.

3. The third largest denomination is the United Methodist Church, which has 7.8 million members.

UMC-SYRIANS

In an article on its website (“US faith leaders: Take in more Syrian refugees,” Sept. 28, 2015), it announced that “Now, it is time for the US to act,” and that its church leaders had gathered “Sept. 28 near the US Capitol to press Congress and the Obama Administration to resettle 100,000 Syrian refugees by the end of next year.”

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4. The fourth largest denomination is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or “Mormons,” which boasts some 6 million members.

LDS-syrians

On that church’s website devoted to charities, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told its readers that “LDS Charities takes a special interest in the estimated 70,000 refugees living in Utah by supporting local refugee resettlement agencies with a variety of assistance including: Deseret Industries store vouchers, furniture, bedding, food, English acquisition, job coaching, on-the-job training, and employer placement.”

Furthermore, the Mormon church said, “LDS Charities advocates support for local community efforts that assist relocated refugees, and it especially encourages the volunteerism of its members in these causes.”

5. The fifth largest denomination in America is the Church of God in Christ, a 5.5 million-strong black Pentecostal church.

chog-syrians

The Church of God in Christ told its supporters that its “Disaster Relief Committee had been working with organizations and individuals in multiple locations . . . As refugees continue to make their way into Europe and other safer zones, we are currently working with our Global Strategy regional coordinators in Europe and the Middle East to connect with partners working with these groups.”

6. The sixth largest denomination in America is another black church, the National Baptist Convention, USA, which has 5 million members. They, like many of the smaller black Christian churches, all support the Church World Service which has called for more Middle Eastern “refugees” in the US (see below).

7. The seventh largest denomination is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with 4.5 million members. As outlined above, this church is actively lobbying Congress to bring in even more Muslim “refugees”—and has even submitted its own testimony to the Senate in this regard.

ELCA-syrians

According to a “Statement for the Record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America submitted to Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights Hearing on ‘The Syrian Refugee Crisis’” (January 7, 2014, available on the Evangelical Lutheran Church’s website here), the US has a “moral obligation to individual refugees and to the international community to begin immediately accepting Syrian refugees into the US refugee resettlement program.”

8. The eighth largest denomination is the National Baptist Convention of America, a 3.5 million-strong black church. It supports the Church World Service which has called for more Middle Eastern “refugees” in the US (see below).

9. The ninth largest denomination in America is the Assemblies of God USA (AG), a 2.9 million-strong Pentecostal Christian denomination.

This church is actively involved in providing on-the-ground aid to the nonwhite invaders in Greece, as outlined on its blog, where AG pastors Pat and Brenda Mahar thanked church members for their money and support in their work amongst the Muslims this way: “Thank you for your contribution toward the needs of the Syrian, Eritrean, and Afghan refugees! We have used BGMC funds to help feed and clothe many refugees who are boarding ferries on the Island of Lesbos, Greece, coming to Athens. -Pat and Brenda Mahar, pastors, ICF of Athens”

The tenth largest denomination is the Presbyterian Church (USA), which has 2.7 million members.

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PCUSA-syrians

According to that church’s own news service (“Christian denominations and ecumenical groups urge more support for Syrian refugees,” September 30, 2015), “The Presbyterian Church (USA) is one of a dozen Christian denominations and ecumenical groups that have sent a letter to the White House, urging the president to do more to help Syrian refugees.

“The US should open its doors to receive many more refugees. Even with more adequate funding for humanitarian assistance, some Syrians feel they will never be able to return home safely and wish to resettle in a third country. Many in our faith communities have a long and rich history of welcoming refugees. We encourage the US to accept more Syrian refugees and to expedite the processing of these applications.”

In addition to the Presbyterian Church (USA), that letter was signed by some smaller denominations, including the Church of the Brethren; the Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ; the Mennonite Central Committee US; and the United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries.

The Church World Service (CWS) is an umbrella organization which speaks on behalf of 37 Christian denominations in the US, including many smaller denominations not listed above.

These CWS member churches include the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; the Alliance of Baptists; the American Baptist Churches USA; the Armenian Church of America (including Diocese of California); the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; the Church of the Brethren; the Community of Christ; the Coptic Orthodox Church in North America; the Ecumenical Catholic Communion; the Episcopal Church; the Friends United Meeting; the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; the Hungarian Reformed Church in America; the International Council of Community Churches; the Korean Presbyterian Church in America; the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church; the Mar Thoma Church; the Moravian Church in America; the Orthodox Church in America; the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.; the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; the Polish National Catholic Church of America; the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.; the Reformed Church in America; the Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada; the Swedenborgian Church; the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch; the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America; and the United Church of Christ. Some of the larger denominations are also members of the Church World Service, such as the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Reuters-Christians

According to a Reuters report (“Religious groups push US to take in 100,000 Syrian refugees,” September 9, 2015), the Church World Service called on the government to take in 100,000 Syrians over the next year.

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According to US Census Data, the United States admits roughly 100,000 Muslim immigrants legally each year, representing the fastest growing block of immigration into the United States. Pew Research has estimated that immigration will cause the population of US Muslims to more than double over the next two decades—from 2.6 million in 2010 to 6.2 million in 2030.

Every year the United Stated admits 70,000 “asylum seekers and refugees.” Arabic is the most common language spoken by “refugees“, and 91.4 percent of refugees from the Middle East are on food stamps.

The Christian churches which support the continued influx of Muslims from the Middle East are therefore active participants in the genocide of European-Americans, and, ironically, also of the eradication of Christianity in the United States.

12banjo
12banjo
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Wow.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  12banjo

Lame stream Christianity is a slave to islam, why is it being supported by alleged Christians, when the qur’an clearly states that non muslims must die?

Joy Daniels Brower
Joy Daniels Brower
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

And the once venerable Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), founded in the 19th century to help resettle poor Eastern European and Russian Jewish immigrants, now rakes in $$ millions in this insidious form of US aid (“bribery $$,” if you ask me!!) I used to support HIAS (VERY modestly, I hasten to add!), but, of course, NO LONGER!!

santashandler
santashandler
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

There is at least one Christian church that does not support as these do.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

There aren’t very many, most have sold out for 30 pieces of arab silver.

santashandler
santashandler
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

It certainly looks that way.

felix1999
felix1999
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

WOW! THE MAJOR ones all have their hands in this. MONEY is all they want. How awful.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Lame stream corporate religion has taken over. Big religion/business/ government all in it for the money.

JacksonPearson
JacksonPearson
7 years ago

Washington needs more than just a swamp drained. Major holes need to be plugged…:

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762x51FMJ
762x51FMJ
7 years ago
Reply to  JacksonPearson

The “refugees welcome” banner is lying shredded up out of view.

dad1927
dad1927
7 years ago
Reply to  762x51FMJ

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santashandler
santashandler
7 years ago
Reply to  JacksonPearson

Is that Loretta Lynch on the hood. Hey, where’s the crying college students protesting this terrorist’s arrest?

Rebecca Pick
Rebecca Pick
7 years ago
Reply to  JacksonPearson

So true! How can people not GET this????

762x51FMJ
762x51FMJ
7 years ago

The Institute for Saving Immigrants from Syria, ( I.S.I.S )

Needs you to open your home to a wonderful Syrian child between the ages of 10-40.
For adoption consideration send cash,check or money order to I.S.I.S Po box 666 Ar-Raqqa Syria, 00000.
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hat tip: Steven Crowder.

AlgorithmicAnalystD
AlgorithmicAnalyst
7 years ago

Using taxpayer funds to destroy the country.

usn
usn
7 years ago

Somebody better bring this to Trumps attention. He can’t keep up with all this crap.

felix1999
felix1999
7 years ago

This has to be stopped IMMEDIATELY!
Is it possible to get ANY of the money back?
This doesn’t seem legal???????

Erica Ling
Erica Ling
7 years ago

Perhaps it would be cheaper to just throw open the borders, forget this legal / illegal irrelevance (you are going to get them , whatever you label them ) lie back and think of Uncle. As we do.

andrew
andrew
7 years ago

Did the money actually get disbursed, or was Mr. Trump able to stop the transfer. ???

joe1429
joe1429
7 years ago

Hope the Trump admin puts the brakes on this insanity

iprazhm
iprazhm
7 years ago

Several very powerful enemies to America, have been allowed to infiltrate then use your tax dollars, to make the Constitution, American patriotism, and Christianity dirty and illegal. The treasured combined ‘glue’ that formed and defines the United States of America. They’re doing this by coercing weak greedy state and community leaders to banish local history, insert operatives into key positions, steal freedom and subjugate the populace. They’re fundamentally changing neighborhoods, making them not only unrecognizable, but hostile to residents and friendly to their agenda. This, a culvert war, has been progressively waged for decades, bringing us to the point of no return.

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