Trump moves $260M from cancer research, HIV/AIDS and other programs to pay for illegal immigrants...

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Oh...the irony.

TLDR: Trump tried to fuck families by separating them, and now it's costing...a lot. So what's his solution...take money AWAY from vital programs to cover for his fucking cruel decision to separate families in the first place.

It's all super hilarious...and super sad and fucked up.

Why republicans allow him to ruin the USA like this boggles the mind.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/politics/hhs-shifting-money-cancer-aids-immigrant-children/index.html

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is planning to shift more than $260 million to cover the rising cost and strain of housing thousands of undocumented immigrant children in their custody -- including millions of dollars from programs like cancer research and HIV/AIDS prevention.

The request comes as the program has been strained by record-high levels of children in custody, driven in large part by new policies that are holding kids longer and making it more difficult for them to be released to adults, such as family members.

It also comes amid news that the Department of Health and Human Services once again could not locate 1,500 children it had released over a three-month period.

There are more than 13,000 children currently in HHS custody, spokeswoman Evelyn Stauffer told CNN. The number fluctuates daily, but that is higher than the record-setting 12,800 in custody last week.

The program request is detailed in a letter to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and other lawmakers from HHS Secretary Alex Azar dated September 5, which was obtained by CNN.

In the letter, Azar said his agency is reallocating up to $186 million from other pots of HHS money and up to $80 million from refugee programs that are being little used as the administration slashes the yearly number of refugees admitted to the country.

The Department of Homeland Security similarly reprogrammed more than $200 million to cover immigrant detention this month, including $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The letter was first reported by Yahoo News.

The documents show a plan to take money from a variety of places, including $16.7 million from the child benefits program Head Start, $3.8 million from HIV programs as part of a bigger $16.7 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $9.8 million from Medicare and Medicaid program operations, $2.2 million from maternal and child health programs, $5.8 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $13.3 million from the National Cancer Institute and $87.3 million overall from the National Institutes of Health.

The program that houses immigrant children who came to the US alone or were separated from an adult at the border has regularly needed additional funding in past years, requiring that it be allocated from other parts of the department's budget.

In a statement, HHS said these types of reprogramming requests are routine and have occurred for the the immigrant children program in previous years going back to 2012. Similar transfers of money are also used in times of need, like with the Zika concerns in 2016.

"HHS is utilizing the Secretary's transfer and reprogramming authorities to provide additional funds for the care of unaccompanied alien children," said HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan. "The funding will now likewise be used for increases in caseloads and unexpected surges in children needing care from our program. Unfortunately, the need for additional funds has grown since FY 2011, due to the continual increase of unaccompanied alien children at the border. These transfers are only a temporary solution to the sad consequence of a broken immigration system."

HHS said that so far, the only reallocation that has happened in 2018 was $17 million in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program that supports HIV/AIDS treatment for those who struggle to afford it.
Federal agencies are allowed to shift funds as long as they are not taking more than 1% from a given pot of money or increasing another pot of money more than 3%. Those types of requests must be sent to the relevant congressional subcommittees and approved by those committees' chairmen.

With Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, those chairmen are Republicans. Democrats do not need to sign off.
 
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Gays and drug addicts vs illegal immigrants... who will score higher on the victim hierarchy, find out next week on This is America
 
What does one expect? Politicians have ignored the immigration problems for the last couple decades. Now that the issue is out of hand and we don't know who is coming into the country, the money has to come from somewhere to address this issue.

Liberal Logic: This is all Trump's fault!
 
Gays and drug addicts vs illegal immigrants... who will score higher on the victim hierarchy, find out next week on This is America

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What the fuck are you talking about?

Programs for HIV/AIDS prevention helps EVERYONE.

Also, here is a little know fact, anyone can get HIV...

SMH
 
??

What the fuck are you talking about?

Programs for HIV/AIDS prevention helps EVERYONE.

Also, here is a little know fact, anyone can get HIV...

SMH

False. You know what they call a straight man with HIV/aids who doesn't mess with needles?

A liar.
 
What does one expect? Politicians have ignored the immigration problems for the last couple decades. Now that the issue is out of hand and we don't know who is coming into the country, the money has to come from somewhere to address this issue.

Liberal Logic: This is all Trump's fault!

Trump single-handedly made those families be separated WITHOUT a plan to actually deal with the ramifications...
 
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False. You know what they call a straight man with HIV/aids who doesn't mess with needles?

A liar.

You're either a complete fucktard moron, or just a completely worthless wannabe troll.
 
Thanks law breaking Mexicans.
 
At least he didn't touch any of that military money. <FutbolThink>
 
The twisted thing that occurred in this thread is that "taking money from cancer and AIDS research" was just dismissed by several posters as, "Well, they are gays and drug users anyways."

Ignoring the moral train wreck that occurred there regarding dismissing the value of human lives, did they also entirely ignore the word "Cancer"? Or are they under the impression that cancer and AIDS are the same thing? It's honestly hard to tell with this group.
 
I have no problem with removing AIDS funding, it is absurdly high. Why we would spend so much money researching a disease that overwhelmingly effects incredibly irresponsible gays and intervenous drug users is beyond me. For those that don't know, we spent 32 billion in federal money on AIDs research and treatment last year and this year will probably be more. At this point a huge portion of that cost should be off loaded to individuals with the disease being responsible for their own care.
 
I have no problem with removing AIDS funding, it is absurdly high. Why we would spend so much money researching a disease that overwhelmingly effects incredibly irresponsible gays and intervenous drug users is beyond me. For those that don't know, we spent 32 billion in federal money on AIDs research and treatment last year and this year will probably be more. At this point a huge portion of that cost should be off loaded to individuals with the disease being responsible for their own care.


its almost like the government doesnt want a whole fuckload of people with untreated HIV wandering around. I wonder why.
 
its almost like the government doesnt want a whole fuckload of people with untreated HIV wandering around. I wonder why.
Probably political correctness or satan.
 
Trump single-handedly made those families be separated

That's not true. Family separation of apprehended illegal immigrants occurred pre-Trump. It happens any time the head of a family unit is prosecuted for improper entry (misdemeanor) or illegal re-entry.
 
That's not true. Family separation of apprehended illegal immigrants occurred pre-Trump. It happens any time the head of a family unit is prosecuted for improper entry (misdemeanor) or illegal re-entry.

Sorry, but you're clueless.
 
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