U.S. Desk

Feds Paid Room Service, Laundry, for Illegals in Hotels

November 7, 2022

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In this file photo, a group of migrant families walk from the Rio Grande, the river separating the U.S. and Mexico in Texas, near McAllen, Texas, March 14, 2019. The number of illegal immigrants nabbed at the southern border rose in February 2022 as single adult Mexicans poured into the country at their highest rate in years, according to new Homeland Security data released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The Homeland Security Department put illegal immigrant families in hotels, guaranteeing five-start treatment with laundry service, mattress choices, and security, all on the taxpayers’ dime.

America First Legal, a conservative organization of former top Trump aides, obtained the documents through an open-records request, calling the accommodations for illegal immigrants “astounding.”

Migrants were given the option of meat at every meal, 24-hour access to drinks and snacks, babysitters, television programming in both English and Spanish, and their choice of mattress for bed

The use of hotels was a part of the Biden administration's response to the surge of illegal immigrants overwhelming the southern border and Homeland Security’s resources in early 2021.