Feds Cut $11M to Catholic Charities for Migrant Kids

0:00It's April 19. This is Hartford News today, driven by AI. Nearly $11 million in federal funding for Catholic Charities got yanked. Money meant to house unaccompanied migrant kids coming into the ban, country. The Office of Refugee Resettlement under Health and Human Services pulled the plug after years of paying the group, notifying them back in late March. This hits the Miami branch hard, where they've been sheltering undocumented kids without parents for decades. People say the move makes sense because the number of these kids in care dropped big time during the Trump years, so they claim the cash just isn't needed anymore. Connecticut Democrats in the state senate are fired up, dropping a rare joint statement from their whole delegation. They're calling it straight up retaliation against the faith group, especially since the program's been a goal standard for caring for vulnerable children across religions. The caucus highlights their own diverse crew, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jews,

1:00Hindus, saying an attack on one hits them all in their urging. The president to bring back the funds while pushing Republicans to speak out against it. This view between politics and faith is heating up, leaving programs for kids in the Lurch and folks watching close for what's next in the funding, fights.