Part 3 – Unveiling the Veil

The Constitutional Republic

4. Congressional Examination:
   1. The budget proposal undergoes scrutiny by various Congressional committees. There’s a risk here of partisan politics or lobbying by special interest groups to steer allocations according to their interests rather than objective assessments of agency needs.

5. Allocation and Execution:
6. With the Appropriation and Authorization Bills signed into law by the President, the Department of the Treasury steps in to manage the disbursement of funds to the respective agencies. Here, corrupt practices could potentially manifest in the form of embezzlement or misdirection of funds if there are lapses in the financial control mechanisms.
7. Quarterly Disbursement:
   1. Funds are typically disbursed quarterly to maintain a steady flow of resources and allow for structured monitoring. However, the disbursement phase could be susceptible to corrupt practices, where fraudulent reporting or misrepresentation could misdirect funds or mask misappropriations.

7. Budget Execution:
   1. Upon receipt of the funds, agencies proceed with executing their budgets. This phase is ripe for corruption if there’s inadequate oversight, leading to possibilities like fraudulent contracting, over-payment for services, or funds being siphoned off for unauthorized purposes.
8. Performance Monitoring:
   1. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) oversees the financial management across federal agencies to ensure adherence to budgetary guidelines. However, corrupt individuals could potentially manipulate performance data or create false reporting to hide mismanagement or misappropriation of funds.
9. Adjustments and Reallocation:
   1. Based on performance feedback, adjustments and reallocation’s may occur. Here too, corrupt influences could steer reallocation’s towards particular interests rather than objective operational needs.

9. Accountability and Oversight:
   1. Throughout this process, various internal and external audits, Congressional oversight, and other institutional checks are in place to deter and detect malfeasance. Yet, corrupt individuals could exploit loopholes, or collusion among officials could undermine these oversight mechanisms, allowing corrupt practices to go undetected or unaddressed.

The intricately structured budgetary process, while designed to uphold transparency and accountability, carries inherent vulnerabilities to corruption at various junctures. It underscores the ceaseless necessity for rigorous oversight, ethical governance, and an informed and vigilant citizenry to safeguard the public coffers from the corrosive touch of corruption.

Risk Management

In the U.S. refugee resettlement process, multiple agencies and organizations work in a coordinated manner, each with specific roles and funding streams. Initially, a refugee crossing the border encounters U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which uses its operational budget for screenings. If deemed potentially eligible for refugee status, the individual is referred to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), overseen by the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). PRM allocates “per capita” grants to national NGOs like the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

The USCCB then distributes these funds to local affiliates like Catholic Charities based on the number of refugees they will serve and the services they will provide. These local affiliates use the funding for immediate resettlement services such as housing, food, and orientation. After this phase, the case is transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ORR provides additional funding for longer-term services like job training and language classes, which also flow through the USCCB to local affiliates.

For unaccompanied minors, a 3 billion dollar separate funding stream exists under the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program, also overseen by ORR. All entities involved are required to submit regular financial and programmatic reports for accountability. The system is designed with multiple layers of oversight to ensure both immediate and long-term support for refugees.

Initial Entry and Identification:

1. Border Entry: A refugee crosses the border and presents themselves to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. No specific funding is allocated to the refugee at this point; rather, CBP uses its own operational budget for initial screenings.

Role of DOS:

1. Referral to DOS: If the individual is deemed potentially eligible for refugee status, they may be referred to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), overseen by the DOS’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).
2. Funding from DOS to USCCB: PRM allocates funding to national NGOs like the USCCB through grants or cooperative agreements. This is often a “per capita” grant, meaning the amount is tied to the number of refugees the organization agrees to resettle.

Role of USCCB and Catholic Charities:

1. Allocation to Local Affiliates: USCCB then distributes these funds to its local affiliates like Catholic Charities. The allocation is usually based on the number of refugees each local affiliate will handle and the specific services they will provide.
2. Initial Resettlement Services: Local affiliates use this funding for immediate services such as temporary housing, food, and orientation. These services are often funded through the initial grant from PRM.

Role of HHS and ORR:

1. Transfer to ORR: After the initial resettlement phase, the refugee’s case is transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
2. Funding from ORR to USCCB: ORR provides additional funding to national NGOs like the USCCB for longer-term services. This funding is often separate from the initial PRM grant and is meant for services like job training, English language classes, and healthcare.
3. Distribution to Local Affiliates: Similar to the PRM funding, ORR funding is also distributed by the USCCB to its local affiliates based on specific program needs and the number of refugees served.

Role of UAC Program:

1. Unaccompanied Minors: If the refugee is an unaccompanied minor, they may be placed in the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program, also overseen by ORR.
2. Specialized Funding for UAC: The UAC program has its own separate funding stream, which can also flow through organizations like the USCCB and eventually to specialized service providers.

Accountability and Reporting:

Monitoring and Reporting: All involved entities are required to submit regular financial and programmatic reports to their respective federal agencies to account for how the funds have been used.

By breaking down the funding streams, it becomes clear that the process is highly structured, with multiple layers of financial oversight and accountability. Each federal agency and NGO has a specific role to play, and the funding is allocated accordingly to ensure both immediate and long-term support for refugees.

This is how its supposed to be, But what if these programs were plagued with corruption? How would that look?

This scenario aims to explore what a corrupt system involving money laundering and other crimes might look like within the context of refugee resettlement, involving entities like the U.S. Department of State (DOS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program, and NGOs like the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and its local affiliates like Catholic Charities.

Potential Corruption and Money Laundering:

1. Layering Through NGOs: The structure of having a national NGO like the USCCB and local affiliates like Catholic Charities could serve as a layering mechanism in a money laundering operation. Funds could be moved from the USCCB to local affiliates and then to various “shell” organizations, making it difficult to trace the original source of the funds.
2. Inflated Costs and Phantom Services: Both the USCCB and local affiliates might inflate the costs of services provided to refugees, creating a financial “buffer” that can be siphoned off. Phantom services that were never actually provided could be invoiced and paid for, with the money then being funneled into illicit activities.
3. Kickbacks and Bribes: Officials within ORR, DHS, and DOS might receive kickbacks for turning a blind eye to discrepancies in financial reporting or for expediting the release of additional funds to the NGOs involved.
4. Exploitation of UAC Program: The separate funding stream for the UAC program could be particularly vulnerable. Funds intended for the care of unaccompanied minors could be diverted for other illicit activities, given that this population is less likely to raise concerns or complaints.
5. Falsified Reporting and Documentation: To cover their tracks, involved parties might engage in extensive falsification of financial records, service delivery reports, and audits. This would create a veneer of legitimacy and compliance with federal regulations.
6. Political and Judicial Collusion: High-ranking officials within the government and even members of the judiciary might be involved, either directly or indirectly, to quash any investigations or to dismiss any legal actions that come too close to exposing the operation.
7. International Connections: Given the international nature of refugee movements, there could also be cross-border money laundering activities, involving foreign governments or criminal organizations.

As we are not making any claims, While we have discussed this scenario as purely hypothetical, one must ponder: is it truly so? Do these entities serve as a risk management system for elites engaged in nefarious activities? These are the questions we ought to be asking ourselves, and indeed, these are the questions we should be posing to these agencies. What I am about to reveal will not only astonish you but also deeply disturb you. I make no attempt to soften the impact. The following information emanates from grand jury hearings conducted in Florida this year. Upon encountering this material, I was assailed by a maelstrom of emotions—rage, humiliation, and embarrassment.

Why? Because what you are about to hear reveals a disconcerting reality: vast sums of money are being expended, and yet, atrocities continue to occur. This is a situation that demands immediate cessation. While our focus here is on unaccompanied alien children—who, though not American, are still children deserving of care within our borders—the horrors you are about to discover should never befall any human being, anywhere. Yet, they are happening.

The Crimes That Cannot be Hidden

The following are actual excerpts taken from third and fourth Presentments of THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CASE NO: SC22-796.

Quote, “We, the members of the Twenty-First Statewide Grand Jury, have been asked to investigate the impact of illegal immigration on the State of Florida. A critical component of this issue is the smuggling of both unaccompanied illegal alien minors and adults into and within the State of Florida by those conspiring with transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). 

During our first session, we heard testimony from witnesses such as Bill Gladson, State Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, and Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey. We also received exhibits about the nature of human smuggling in Florida and how illegal aliens are transported into and within the state. Additionally, we heard testimony about specific instances of human smuggling and the efforts law enforcement agencies have taken to stem the rising tide of human smuggling in our state.” End quote

I quote, “In the time since we last published our findings, we have continued to investigate the many questions in our Supreme Court mandate. We intend to report those findings in the near future.

We have also been monitoring the issue described in our Third Presentment of the maltreatment of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC). These children are transported by federal agencies into our state, where many are effectively abandoned. We have received updates regarding investigations undertaken by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) at our direction; we have also summoned back witnesses who made certain representations to us regarding remedial steps they intended to take. We have continued to review government reports and media accounts of the plight of UAC including, sadly, one who died while in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in our state.

Since Office of Refugee Resettlement recently announced a proposed rule to govern itself and solicited public comment about the rule within a short timeframe, we felt the need to address this particular issue on an interim basis.” End quote.

We at 17th SOG has categorized the findings of this grand jury investigation in the following category’s,

Specific Criticisms of ORR

Accountability Mechanisms

Legal Procedures

Child Welfare

Parental Rights

Statistical Data

Case Studies or Testimonies

Financial Aspects

Transparency and Accountability

Lets go through each one,

Specific Criticisms of ORR

• Lack of transparency in ORR’s actions and policies.
• Failure in safeguarding the well-being of children.
• Issues related to the reunification of families.
• Allegations that ORR is facilitating forced migration, sale, and abuse of foreign children.
• ORR operates in a highly clandestine manner.
• A 24-year-old male was erroneously vetted as a child by ORR, highlighting significant vetting failures.
• Lack of transparency, secrecy, and lack of cooperation with law enforcement agencies and political representatives.
• There is no requirement to deny placement with a sponsor if the sponsor or a household member refuses to provide information for a background check.
• Case managers use Google Earth or Smarty Streets.com to verify that a sponsor’s address is classified as residential, but they do not usually visit the inside of the location.
• ORR took custody of over one hundred and twenty two thousand and seven hundred children in Fiscal Year 2021 but conducted only five thousand four hundred and sixty eight home studies, or four point five percent of cases.
• A disturbing pattern has emerged where the same sponsor applies to receive multiple UACs.
• Instead of enforcing laws, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is completing the criminal conspiracy by delivering minors to parents who are in the country illegally.
• The DHS is essentially rewarding criminal conduct instead of enforcing current laws.
• The illegal activities are helping to fund drug cartels, which are a significant threat to both the United States and Mexico.
• Mexican cartels, transnational gangs, human trafficking groups, and other criminal organizations are engaging in a wide range of criminal activities in Texas, including murder, kidnapping, assault, drug trafficking, weapon smuggling, and money laundering.

Accountability Mechanisms:

• Concerns about the absence or inadequacy of mechanisms to hold ORR accountable for its actions.
• Investigations into questionable financial practices and obstructionist tactics.
• ORR’s lack of accountability in the face of scrutiny.
• Numerous accounts of children being placed in dangerous or exploitative situations.
• Case managers have encountered sponsors who are gang-affiliated and who have threatened them.
• Startling ratio of UAC to sponsors, raising questions about the ability of these sponsors to provide appropriate care for multiple children.
• Lack of oversight and consistency in the system, leading to potential risks and inefficiencies.
• Decisions such as separating Salmeron Santos from Y.P.S. were made long before by the individuals involved, and not by U.S. policies.
• The DHS policy is essentially comparable to taking illegal drugs or weapons seized from smugglers and delivering them to the criminals who initially solicited their illegal importation/exportation.
• The problems in the system have been known for a long time.
• Exploitation of children as part of “fake families” or being “recycled” to assist the entry of multiple other individuals.
• Schemes involving altered, counterfeit, or fraudulently attained birth certificates that match children to customers in search of a human visa.

Legal Procedures:

• How ORR handles legal procedures, including the screening and processing of UACs at the border.
• Lack of comprehensive age verification procedures for UACs.
• Flawed and hurried identification processes for UACs and their sponsors.
• Sponsors themselves being recent arrivals with unknown backgrounds.
• Background check requirements weakened for efficiency, potentially compromising child safety.
• Verifying sponsors’ identity and relationship to the UAC is alarmingly lenient.
• Testimony from a former employee involved in transporting minors reveals several concerns.
• Nature of interactions between UACs and sponsors has changed, becoming more transactional.
• Instances where children are handed over to adults who are not the designated sponsors listed in the paperwork.
• The report asserts that decisions such as separating Salmeron Santos from Y.P.S. were made long before by the individuals involved.
• The report criticizes the DHS policy.
• The report indicates that the problems in the system have been known for a long time.
• The report discusses the exploitation of children as part of “fake families” or even being “recycled” to assist the entry of multiple other individuals.
• Instances where individuals have been arrested while trying to arrange travel for minors being sent back to their home countries, despite having pending criminal charges in the U.S.

Child Welfare:

• Highlighting grim conditions and risks faced by UACs, including health conditions and criminal threats.
• Concerns about the conditions in facilities used to house UACs.
• Gangs actively involved in the UAC program, posing threats to both external and internal safety.
• Inadequate reporting and tracking of incidents related to sexual misconduct.
• The failure of the system to provide for the safety and well-being of children in its care.
• Lost children and a failure to track their whereabouts.
• ORR lost contact with nearly twenty thousand UAC in less than a year, emphasizing the lack of tracking and accountability.
• UAC encounter serious trauma during their journey and require mental health treatment.
• Immigrant teens working dangerous night shifts in suburban factories to pay debts to smugglers and sponsors.
• The report discusses instances where children are effectively “recycled” through the system to help multiple adults gain entry into the U.S.
• There are instances where individuals have been arrested while trying to arrange travel for minors.
• The report talks about a scheme where a mother agreed to rent out her children to different men.
• The report highlights the danger faced by these children once they are in the U.S.
• ICE reduced fake family abuse in 2019 by deploying rapid DNA testing.

Parental Rights:

• Mention of the rights of parents or guardians in the process of reclaiming their children and any obstacles they might face.
• ORR’s classification of sponsors includes aunts, uncles, and first cousins as “immediate relatives,” raising concerns about the definition.
• Inconsistent classification of sponsors and the common understanding of ‘immediate relatives.’
• Concerns about the classification system for sponsors.
• The failure of ORR to place UAC with responsible sponsors places a substantial financial burden on the State of Florida.
• The report criticizes ORR and its contractors for failing to ensure the safety of the children.
• The document provides an illustrative case where a human trafficker was apprehended trying to smuggle a child into the United States.
• Instead of enforcing laws, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is completing the criminal conspiracy by delivering minors to parents who are in the country illegally.
• The report criticizes ORR for not making DNA testing a central part of placement decisions and vetting of sponsors.
• The report accuses federal agencies of not actively coordinating or consulting with the State of Florida regarding UAC resettlement.
• The report claims that the State of Florida receives no information on the background, criminal history, immigration status, or sponsors of the UAC brought to Florida.
• Legal relationships between parents and children are typically governed by state law.

Statistical Data:

• Statistics indicate a significant increase in the number of UACs under ORR’s care.
• Statistics on the number of UACs handed over to sponsors who are not parents or legal guardians.
• Flaws and inconsistencies in sponsor verification processes.
• Reduced background checks and weakened safety protocols.
• Statistics on the number of lost UAC and the lack of tracking.
• A significant issue of lost children, raising concerns about tracking and accountability.
• Financial burden on the state due to the failure of ORR to place UAC with responsible sponsors.
• Encouraging parents to jeopardize the safety of their children by rewarding illegal conduct.
• The report discusses the expansion of Operation Double Helix and Operation Noble Guardian.
• ICE significantly reduced fake family abuse in 2019 by deploying rapid DNA testing.
• High-ranking Brazilian federal police investigators reported that several thousand Brazilian children entered the U.S. with adults falsely claiming to be their parents.
• The report concludes that the federal government has failed to provide the State of Florida with sufficient answers to its requests for information.

Case Studies or Testimonies:

• Specific cases and testimonies that showcase the real-world implications of ORR’s policies on children and families.

Financial Aspects:

• Mention of financial aspects, including funding and grants received by ORR and affiliated organizations.
• Funds for human trafficking activities come from citizens, recent arrivals, and even UACs who have aged out of ORR custody.
• Nonprofit organizations receive hundreds of millions of dollars directly from ORR, potentially accelerating the flow of children.
• Questionable financial practices, self-dealing, and excessive salaries for personal gain among grantee facilities’ owners and operators.
• Financial burden on the state due to the failure of ORR to place UAC with responsible sponsors.
• The document provides an illustrative case where a human trafficker was apprehended trying to smuggle a child into the United States.
• Mexican cartels, transnational gangs, human trafficking groups, and other criminal organizations are engaging in a wide range of criminal activities in Texas.
• Illegal activities are helping to fund drug cartels, which are a significant threat to both the United States and Mexico.
• The report discusses the impact of the surge in unaccompanied alien children (UAC) on the State of Florida.
• The report takes issue with ORR’s response to new rules enacted by the State of Florida.
• The report argues that federal agencies like ORR should not have complete and absolute power over immigration matters.

Transparency and Accountability:

• Lack of transparency and accountability in ORR’s operations and affiliated organizations.
• Delays, obfuscation, and uncooperative behavior in providing information to investigators.
• Gag orders on Border Patrol agents and the discouragement of questioning internal processes.
• ORR has doubled down on efforts at concealment, sending small groups of UACs on commercial flights.
• Smuggling of human beings, including children, into the country is controlled by organized crime, funded from within U.S. borders.
• Lack of transparency and cooperation with investigations, including ignoring demands from Florida’s Senators and Representatives.

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