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Panel witnesses urge Congress to probe NGO spending on migrant services and warn against replacing statutory watchdogs
Summary
Witnesses at the House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing urged congressional investigations into billions in NGO funding related to migrant support, described evidence of misconduct, and warned that recent removals of inspectors general and the rise of the Department of Government Efficiency risk undermining independent oversight.
A second panel of witnesses told the House Homeland Security subcommittee that nonprofits played a central role in sheltering and moving migrants through the United States and urged Congress to use its investigative powers to trace federal funding and hold organizations accountable. Witnesses also warned that the dismissal of multiple inspectors general and creation of a new Department of Government Efficiency, described at the hearing as “Doge,” pose risks to independent oversight.
Mike Howell (introduced at the hearing as the executive director of the Oversight Project at the Heritage Foundation) and other outside witnesses testified that a network of nongovernmental organizations and UN agencies received billions of…
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