HHS ends $11M contract with Catholic Charities to care for migrant children
The cut follows a drop to 1,900 children in federal care, officials said, and could force the long-running shelter program to close within 3 months.
- The Trump administration canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities in Miami, abruptly ending a 60-year partnership providing housing and care for unaccompanied migrant children.
- Initiated during 1959's Operation Pedro Pan, the partnership began airlifting children of Cuban dissidents to Miami after Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba, later expanding to include families seeking better lives.
- Archbishop Thomas Wenski noted that services for unaccompanied minors have been stripped of funding, forcing closure of the 81-bed Bryan Walsh Children within three months.
- Robert Latham of the Miami Law School warned that relocating children is "incredibly psychologically harmful," though The Department of Health and Human Services cited significantly lower caseloads under Trump than Biden.
- This decision occurs amid heightened tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV, who recently criticized U.S. policy on Iran, prompting Trump to call the Pope "weak.
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Trump Halts Funding To Miami Catholic Charities, Maine Chapter Gave Gateway Community Services Cash Grants
President Trump’s administration halted flow of $11 million dollars in federal funding to a Catholic Charities program run in Florida that serves unaccompanied migrant children – raising questions about the organization and it’s Maine chapter. The decision targets the organization’s facility in Miami Shores which houses 81 children and provides replacement programs for minors, after [...] The post Trump Halts Funding To Miami Catholic Charities,…
Feuding with Pope Leo, Trump Cancels $11 Million Contract for Catholic Charity Helping Homeless Migrant Children
In a move that the archbishop of Miami called "baffling," President Donald Trump suddenly cut ties with a Catholic charity dedicated to helping homeless children in what many interpreted as a gesture of contempt amid his feud with Pope Leo XIV.
Trump Admin Pulls Millions in Funding for Catholic Charity Supporting Mass Migration
The Trump administration has terminated an $11 million federal contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, cutting funding for a long-running program that provided services to illegal aliens. The post Trump Admin Pulls Millions in Funding for Catholic Charity Supporting Mass Migration appeared first on Slay News.
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catholicworldreport.comMiami Archbishop Urges U.S. Government to Reconsider Funding Cut for Children’s Program
Joe Raedle Peter Routsis-Arroyo, Catholic Charities CEO (left), listens as Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami speaks during a press conference held at the Archdiocese of Miami Pastoral Center about the cancellation of an $11 million federal contract with Catholic Charities on April 16, 2026, in Miami. For over 60 years, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami worked with the federal government to support vulnerable children and families, s…
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