Also in reply to "thinking..."
"Why aren't Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, et al, raising hell about this every day? Do you think they're aware of the stuff it and the other stuff in this thread?"
Good question. Here's what I know on that.
On February 2, 2022, Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies (cis.org) testified before the House Freedom Caucus to inform them of UN involvement. I am not sure who all was present from the freedom caucus, never chased down that detail.
But here's an excerpt from Bensman's testimony:
"United Nations agencies such as the International Office of Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are providing hard cash, food, shelter, and legal services all along the migrant trails.
This materially facilitates journeys that everyone involved very well knows, despite any protestations to the contrary, always lead to an illegal American border crossing. In whatever small or large way, the United Nations and the nonprofits it funnels money to can reasonably be said to contribute to the current mass migration crisis."
Source:
https://www.toddbensman.com/bensman...risis-at-the-southern-border-february-1-2022/
I don't know if you guys have heard about the UN debit cards given to migrants en route to the US, but that's a thing. Let me know if you need documentation on that. CIS covers it.
Anyway, so we know Bensman testified before the House Freedom Caucus February 2022.
Almost a year later, January 26 2023, House Rep Lance Gooden of Texas introduced the following legislation:
"H.R.552 - No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act"
"This bill prohibits the federal government from making contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) International Organization for Migration, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, or the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on federal funds provided to these U.N. agencies, including the amounts provided during FY2021 and FY2022 and any restrictions attached to such funding."
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th...ohibits the federal,Refugees in the Near East.
You can view all 21 of the bill's co-sponsors here:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/552/cosponsors?s=1&r=23&q={"search":"H.R.5"}
Note: 4 more cosponsors added in 2024.
I suspect the reason there's been no further action is because this bill lacks widespread public support. Would never pass the Senate right now anyway. The public has no idea about UN involvement. But they're becoming more aware by the day, thank God.
Perhaps the Freedom Caucus is holding off until Trump is re-elected? I dunno. All speculation. Pretty sure RINOs are on board with the UN plan. They never talk about any of it.
Why don't Freedom Causus members openly talk about it?
I don't know. I have no idea of what kind of stuff is going on behind the scenes these days.
*Note: H.R.552 was sent to the "Foreign Affairs" Committee -- because UN activity is the domain of State Department/Foreign Affairs (Blinken's domain).
US code relating to UN IOM migration & UNHCR refugee activity falls under Foreign Policy statutes. One example:
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:22 section:2601 edition:prelim)
I can give a rough history on how that got into US code, btw, if anyone is interested.