Organizations receiving federal funding are "not allowed to use that to flout federal law or go against the national interest," Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said Friday on Newsmax.
"One of the big problems that we have with illegal immigration are the NGOs [non-government organizations]," Donalds said "National Report." "They operate on both sides of the southern border. They are providing aid and comfort, and that is their mission. But the problem is, is that it is against our laws to enter the country illegally. So, our laws say one thing but, unfortunately, in Washington, for far too long we have been funding these outside groups that are in opposition to the law. That needs to stop immediately.
"There's some stuff President Trump can do with halts and reviews of what these NGOs are doing, but that's going to fall back on Congress to go back in there and be either prescriptive that the money that we give to NGOs, or to stop giving them the money at all. My colleagues on Capitol Hill, we have a responsibility to get to the bottom of this. We can't keep funding organizations that are against the will of the American voter," Donalds added.
Senators should also vote in Trump's Cabinet picks and the House needs to "give [border czar] Tom Homan the money he needs immediately, along with some money for Pete Hegseth at the Department of Defense" to make it "the lethal fighting force it needs to be," Donalds said.
"I would remind my Senate Republican colleagues that you overwhelmingly supported Joe Biden's nominees to be in his cabinet. They all stayed for four years, and they were atrocious at their jobs. Give Donald Trump the cabinet he has asked for. Let Donald Trump be the decider of whether they get to stay or go into the future. But on the House side of the Capitol, our big issue is making sure that we get budget reconciliation moving in the House. I've become a strong advocate of two bills.
"I think it's important that we give Tom Homan the money he needs immediately, along with some money for Pete Hegseth at the Department of Defense, to move the Department of Defense back into the lead in the lethal fighting force, it needs to be. And the third piece of that is, we do need to move the debt ceiling and budget reconciliation."
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