Over the past several years, the illegal immigration crisis the U.S. has been grappling with has significantly impacted the nation’s economy, both in terms of government spending and the national workforce.
According to watchdog organization Open the Books, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of Refugee Resettlement spent nearly $23 billion on grants benefiting migrants between 2020 and 2024. Those grants included “everything from help accessing Medicaid to help building credit, help with home and auto loans, and cash assistance,” Open the Books reported.
The $22.6 billion shelled out by the Office of Refugee Resettlement was given to non-government organizations in the form of grants. Nearly $2.7 billion in grants was awarded in 2020, over $2.3 billion in 2021, nearly $3.4 billion in 2022, over $10 billion in 2023, and over $4.2 billion…
