The Trump administration pulled millions of dollars in federal funding from Catholic Charities that provide care for migrant children, as tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV continue to escalate following days of public clashes over the war in Iran.
The Department of Health and Human Services recently canceled an approximately $11 million contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, a decadeslong partner in housing and caring for unaccompanied migrant minors.
Cutting funding for the program threatens to shutter a South Florida charity that has served vulnerable children for more than 60 years, with church leaders warning services could end within months without federal support.
An HHS spokesperson said the move is part of a broader plan to close and consolidate “unused facilities as the Trump Administration continues efforts to stop illegal entry and the smuggling and trafficking of unaccompanied alien children,” according to the Miami Herald.
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