CELL PHONE INCLUDED
$75 per individual per day, for four months.
According to documents obtained by
Judicial
Watch, that’s how much the federal government is paying for the
housing, food and needs of thousands of illegal aliens who crossed into the
United States this summer, at just two military bases. The documents show that
the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services has paid an
eye-popping $186,129,786 to the Baptist Children and Family Services for four
months of care for thousands of illegal aliens, at a time when Democrats
complain of government “austerity.”
Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a Freedom of
Information Act request.
The documents show that the government has spent $86,846.34
per child at Ft. Sill, OK,
since the surge of illegal crossings earlier this year, for a total of
$104,215,608 for the 1,200 unaccompanied children housed at that base alone.
HHS also paid out $77,914,178 to care for 1,200 unaccompanied children who are
housed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
That’s just two bases covered in the documents. The government has housed
illegal aliens, many but not all children, at numerous points in many
communities around the country. The costs included in these documents only
cover federal spending, not local or state spending as school districts around
the country take in thousands of illegal alien kids.
The documents also show that the Obama administration
expects the surge to continue up to September of 2016, near the end of Obama’s
presidency. That is when the contract, which began in October 2013, ends.
The costs include providing “
multicultural
crayons” to children at
Ft. Sill,
along with
cell
phones including international calling capabilities, “laptop
kits,” board games, soccer balls and much more.