Catholic Charities Draws Fire Over Video Coaching Illegal Migrants On How To Duck ICE Workplace Probes
A Catholic charity that receives billions in government funding has stirred controversy for a video teaching migrants in the country illegally how to evade US immigration law.
In the
video, distributed by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Refugee & Immigration Services Program, immigration attorney Barbara Graham outlines step-by-step instructions for how migrants can thwart authorities conducting lawful investigations at their workplace.
Catholic Charities draws fire over video coaching illegal migrants on how to duck ICE workplace probes
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She further suggested that illegal immigrants should stonewall authorities by refusing to answer questions including where they were born or how they got into the US.
According to a
ProPublica audit of Virginia-based Catholic Charities USA’s finances, the 114-year-old organization took in just shy of $2 million in federal grants in 2021.
In 2010, the group’s scores of local affiliates were taking in a total of nearly $2.9 billion annually from the government — representing about 62% of its $4.67 billion annual revenue, the
New York Times wrote at the time.
The organization said 638,000 people have received immigration help from one of the group’s 119 affiliates.
In the legal advice video, Graham offered the tip that illegal immigrants being questioned by authorities can simply “refuse to show identify documents,” refuse to say what country they are from and refuse to sign any paperwork without first demanding a pro-bono attorney.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) called for Catholic Charities USA to be defunded in a post on X in which he flagged DOGE, President Trump’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency.
In a follow-up statement to The Post, Burchett took aim at the charitable group for playing politics on the immigrant crisis.
“These nongovernmental organizations and Catholic charities have pushed a mind-blowing number of illegals into our country over the past four years. It’s happening on both sides of the border. They’re using your tax dollars, and they’re not doing anybody any favors,” he said.
He added: “Our priority should be finding the 300,000-plus kids these NGOs and Catholic charities lost, not giving legal advice to people who broke the law and are inside the US illegally.”
Catholic Charities draws fire over video coaching illegal migrants on how to duck ICE workplace probes
The reaction on X was also swift, with many users excoriating the humanitarian group for wading into politics.
“These nongovernmental organizations and Catholic charities have pushed a mind-blowing number of illegals into our country over the past four years,” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN).
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