dana: administration telling facilities caring for unaccompanied children. bill: there is there are numerous angles on this story. we ll talk to the former acting ice director ron vitiello in a moment. we ll begin with kristin fisher to figure out what the strategy is now. good morning. the white house is still calling this a challenge but not a crisis. the fact that president biden sent this team of high-level advisors, top administration officials down to the border shows you they know at the very least it is a big and growing problem for this administration. leading this team was the secretary of homeland security mayorkas and susan rice among others. while they were down there according to a statement put out by the white house just yesterday, the white house says they discussed capacity needs given the number of unaccompanied children and families arriving at the border. the complex challenges with redoing is immigration center and the white house is blaming a lo
a bill limiting how teachers can address sexual orientation. he also pushed to control how race is taught in schools. and now, criticism he s using immigrant children into play political games. and a reports and december, desantis ordered state regulators not to this issue licenses to federally funded shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. two bills being considered would also by the state from doing business with companies that transport undocumented migrants into the state. joining me, we re ended, wolf debbie mark are são paulo, and back with us from florida, congressman david jolly. brandon, i just want to get your take on this legislation but it s going to mean for kids in florida. thank you so much for having me. you know, i think it s first important to note what you have already named which is that legislation like the don t say gave ill, and the others you mention, are all about helping do governor ron desantis
political games. and a reports and december, desantis ordered state regulators not to this issue licenses to federally funded shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. two bills being considered would also by the state from doing business with companies that transport undocumented migrants into the state. joining me, we re ended, wolf debbie mark are são paulo, and back with us from florida, congressman david jolly. brandon, i just want to get your take on this legislation but it s going to mean for kids in florida. thank you so much for having me. you know, i think it s first important to note what you have already named which is that legislation like the don t say gave ill, and the others you mention, are all about helping do governor ron desantis bolster his presidential ambitions. it s the worst kept secret in our state that ron desantis wants to run for president 24 and he has to outrace don t trump in the right to do that. so he s cooked up these right-wing culture w
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In a recently published article in POLITICO, more than $2 billion funds from the Health and Human Services meant to address the country s Strategic National Stockpile and COVID-19 testing will be diverted.
Health and Human Services Diverted Some Funds
The report said that around $850 million from the emergency stockpile while another $850 million from the expansion of COVID-19 testing would be diverted to cover the health cost of migrants, most especially the unaccompanied children at the Southern Border.
An unprecedented financial toll caused by sheltering more than 20,000 unaccompanied children has taken on the department so far this year. According to a published report in Yahoo News, it struggled to open emergency shelters and add personnel and facilities across the country, as outlined to congressional appropriators in notices over the last two months.
dramatic increase in salary for the poorest 10% of americans. dramatic job creation. that s what scarborough thinks is a bad job. laura: and rising wages. someone trying to do something about manufacturing, our exports are still up. now they are worried about the trade deficit. another story breaking today. the hill this afternoon reporting that hhs is moving up to 3 $85 million to house unaccompanied migrant children. that s a lot of money to take from other programs because of this massive border program with unaccompanied minors.