So money being used for Illegals huh? Well no more! As President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to establish a national center for homeless veterans with redirected funds previously spent on services for illegal aliens, Fox News Digital has learned. The president’s order directs the secretary of veterans affairs to establish the National Center for Warrior Independence on the Veterans Affairs campus in West Los Angeles. Los Angeles has approximately 3,000 homeless veterans more than any other city in the country, and accounting for about 10% of all homeless veterans in America, according to the White House.
"The new National Center for Warrior Independence will help them and other veterans like them rebuild their lives," the White House said. The center will allow veterans from around the nation to seek and receive care, benefits and services "to which they are entitled," the White House said. The order redirects funds previously spent on housing or other services for illegal aliens to constructing, establishing and maintaining the new center. "The Center will promote self-sufficiency through housing, substance abuse treatment, and support for productive work for the veterans housed there," the White House explained.
It said the goal is to house up to 6,000 homeless veterans at the center by 2028. The order also directs the secretary of housing and urban development to use vouchers to support homeless veterans and instructs the secretary of veterans affairs to "restore accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)."
The order also instructs the VA to take action against individuals who have committed misconduct and to investigate and rectify the Biden administration’s decision to "rehire and reinstate back pay for employees previously fired for misconduct." The order also ensures that veterans will have access to increased options for care, benefits and services including reduced wait times for Veterans Health Administration appointments through options such as expanded hours, weekend appointments and virtual healthcare.
The order also directs a feasibility study at the Manchester VA Medical Center to expand services to support a full-service medical center in New Hampshire.
"President Trump strongly believes that every veteran deserves our gratitude, and that the federal government should treat veterans like the heroes they are," the White House said. The order comes a week after the White House announced that Trump will host a military parade on June 14 to honor military veterans and active-duty service members and commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.
Shocking I know but yet Another NY liberal radical federal judge on May 6 blocked the U.S. Department of Education from canceling more than $1 billion in funding that was allocated to help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary schools and students. This is becoming comical folks but the U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos entered a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Department of Education from enforcing its rescission of extensions for the funding that had been granted in January by the prior administration. Education officials also cannot modify the previously-approved extensions without giving the states at least 14 days notice, the judge said. The Congress allocated funds to states to distribute to schools to address problems stemming from the pandemic. The more than $276 billion was distributed to states through an education stabilization fund. Under laws passed by Congress, states had until Sept. 30, 2024, to designate the money, and until Jan. 28, 2025, to access funds to achieve the designations.
The States could ask for extensions for the latter deadline, and a number did so. The Department of Education granted extensions to at least 16 states, and Washington, enabling them to access the money through March 2026. Education Secretary Linda McMahon informed the states in March that the extensions were being rescinded because additional review had determined they were “not justified” in part because the pandemic is over, although the states could reapply for extensions. The Covid PANDEMIC IS OVER! We don't need more wasted money which we all know is being used for things NOT related to Covid. We all know in reality this is just finding it's way into the pockets of crooks in congress on lets say the LEFT Radical side.
The plaintiffs "New York, Oregon, 13 other states, Washington", and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said that they were facing being cut off from more than $1 billion if a preliminary injunction was not entered. Notice again the places all trying to stop this from being taken away? All liberal radical blue states who love to waste our time, and money with their idiotic b/s. But In a memorandum in support of their motion for an injunction, they said that the Department of Education’s shift with regards to the extension requests was arbitrary and capricious, in violation of federal law. The change “assumes incorrectly that all [the] appropriations were intended only for use during the pandemic” and “lacks any reasoned explanation,” they wrote on which I say AHA? Now like I said this money wasn't going where they claimed... All going into the pockets of these liberals.
The Lawyers for the government said in response that the actions were not arbitrary and capricious. “The Department’s actions are not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law because recession of the prior extension was within the Department’s discretion and did not conflict with the relevant appropriations statutes,” they said in a brief. Also the lawyers said that the plaintiffs would not be irreparably harmed absent an injunction because they can still reapply for a fresh extension, but have chosen not to do so. The Department of Justice, which represents agencies in court, did not respond to a request for comment on the ruling by publication time. New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said in a statement that “this is a major win for our students and teachers who are counting on this funding to help them succeed.” Like I said look who is on there in a "QUOTE" the one and only!
