Florida: 143 Agencies received over $4.2 Billion to Resettle Unaccompanied Alien Children

Many taxpayers want to know where their money is going. Is, for example, the federal government using tax dollars wisely or not. One are that has garnered great interest is the bringing of refugees to the United States funded by federal agencies.

One such agency is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Using information within the TAGGS system for Health and Human Services we were able to identify the recipients for Grants specifically designated for “Unaccompanied Alien Children”, or UAC’s.

HHS Tracking Spending, Increasing Accountability logo.

Readers may go to the HHS Tracking Spending, Increasing Accountability website and click on the TAGGS link. We selected the state of Florida and typed into the search box Unaccompanied Alien Children.

The search resulted in 143 agencies, at the city, county and state levels that received $4,268,376,198 to resettle unaccompanied alien children.

We also learned that in 2016 Florida is number 4 of the top 50 recipients of HHS funds receiving over $9.8 billion.

FAIR has previously reported that the Sunshine State spends approximately $5 billion to educate, medicate and incarcerate illegal aliens.

Perhaps every taxpayer should do their own analysis of the costs of resettling unaccompanied alien children and ask: Could these funds be put to better use?

You may do a search for your state by clicking here.

The cost of allowing illegals to freely come to the United States has become a cornerstone of the presidential political debate. The Department of Health and Human Services is just one of many agencies dealing with the illegal alien issue. HHS TAGGS is just the tip of the iceberg.

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