Education

Trump ED Puts Taxpayer-Funded College Programs For Illegal Migrants On Chopping Block

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The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday revoked funding waivers to colleges and universities in California and Oregon for allegedly using the funds on illegal immigrants.

The Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3) waivers are meant to assist low-income, first-generation and disabled students, but under the Biden administration, the funds were allowed to be diverted to send illegal immigrants to college, ED’s press release said. The announcement comes as ED is weighing drastic cuts in funding to schools and states found not in compliance with the administration’s directives, such as its ban on men competing in women’s sports.

“American taxpayer dollars will no longer be used to subsidize illegal immigrants through Department of Education programs,” Acting Under Secretary James Bergeron said in the announcement. “The TRIO Program was designed to provide support and guidance to disadvantaged Americans as they navigate the road to and through postsecondary education. The Department will not allow the true purpose of the program to be corrupted to advance an American-last agenda.”

Illegal immigration skyrocketed under the Biden administration, with hundreds of criminal illegal migrants flooding into the U.S. through the southern border since former President Joe Biden took office. President Donald Trump has since declared an emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border, facilitated the arrests and deportations of thousands of illegal immigrants and controversially issued a directive allowing for criminal illegal aliens to be arrested on school grounds.

Trump announced plans to drastically reduce the size and scope of the ED in a March 20 executive order, though the department still oversees several programs and investigations around the country.

The Trump administration on Jan. 20 rescinded a Biden-era policy that considered places such as schools, churches and hospitals “sensitive” zones where illegal immigrants could not be arrested.

The California Department of Education and Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.