The Trump administration is cracking down on the migrant aid industry, launching a sweeping investigation into organizations that may have used federal funds to aid and abet illegal immigration. The Department of Homeland Security is demanding answers, and any group caught facilitating the border crisis could soon find itself in legal hot water. This is America First in action—and it’s exactly what the country needs after years of Biden-era lawlessness.
Cameron Hamilton, the acting administrator of FEMA, has put the organizations receiving taxpayer-funded grants on notice. His letter, obtained by the Associated Press, makes it clear that DHS has “significant concerns” about how these funds were spent. Were they used to house, transport, or assist illegal aliens in defying federal law? That’s the question, and until it’s answered, funding is being cut off. For the first time in years, these groups are being forced to explain themselves.
This is more than just a bureaucratic review. The letter references U.S. Criminal Code Section 1324, a felony offense that applies to anyone helping illegal immigrants enter, remain in, or travel through the United States. That means the activists and NGOs who have spent years working against America’s sovereignty might finally be held accountable. The message from the Trump administration is clear: if you’ve been using federal grants to support illegal immigration, your free ride is over.
For years, groups like Catholic Charities, United Way, and city-run migrant programs in places like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Denver have poured millions into assisting illegal immigrants instead of American citizens. They’ve funded housing, handed out travel vouchers, and even facilitated transportation deeper into the country. Under Biden, they operated without oversight, knowing full well that they were part of an illegal network fueling mass migration.
The same groups are now scrambling, unsure whether their open-border activism will lead to criminal investigations. Biden’s DHS had no problem writing them blank checks, but under Trump, that era is officially over.
This crackdown echoes Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s fight against migrant aid groups, where he attempted to cut off state funding to organizations suspected of smuggling and assisting illegal border crossers. That effort was blocked by left-wing activist judges, but now that the federal government is finally back in the hands of leaders who put America First, the tide is turning.
For fiscal year 2024 alone, FEMA handed out $641 million in federal money to these groups—money that should have gone to hardworking American citizens who have been abandoned in favor of illegal migrants. And it’s no surprise that some of the biggest recipients were sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago, which have spent years undermining immigration enforcement. Last month, the Trump administration sued Chicago for thwarting federal immigration law, proving that this crackdown is just getting started.
There’s no reason why federal dollars should be used to help illegal immigrants evade the law. But that’s exactly what happened under Biden’s open-border agenda, where the left openly encouraged NGOs to act as a shadow immigration network—one that catered not to American families, but to foreign nationals who broke our laws.
This is what the American people voted for—a return to law and order, a government that puts its own citizens first, and an end to the policies that turned our border into a global joke. The Trump administration is doing what no Democrat will ever do—holding the pro-illegal immigration lobby accountable and making sure taxpayer money isn’t funding America’s destruction.
The left never saw this coming. They thought they could get away with it forever. But now, their golden era of unchallenged lawlessness is over. And this is just the beginning.
