Overview

• The committee convened a hearing titled “An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis” to examine whether taxpayer grants enabled illegal immigration.
• Republicans highlighted FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program, which directed billions in grants to NGOs for migrant hotel stays and transportation instead of ICE detention.
• Inquiry letters were sent in June to more than 200 organizations, including CHIRLA, the Chinese-American Planning Council and Catholic Charities USA, demanding detailed accounting of federal funds.
• Mike Howell’s testimony on an 830% jump in assaults on ICE agents triggered a party-line clash with Democrats attempting to expel him for going beyond the hearing’s scope.
• The committee is now examining thousands of pages of records from these NGOs as part of its ongoing probe into potential misuse of taxpayer dollars.