House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a subpoena to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra seeking information about the amount spent on housing assistance for illegal immigrants.
Jordan said, in a letter to Becerra, which was reviewed by the Washington Examiner, that he is subpoenaing the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Refugee Resettlement after months of requests sent to the office about its “role in providing housing assistance and housing referrals for refugees, parolees, and other aliens in the United States.”
He said the department sent seven pages of documents on Oct. 4, but the files had “nothing of substance and cannot possibly encompass all relevant documents and communications” the department has.
“Pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee has jurisdiction to conduct oversight of matters concerning federal immigration law to inform potential legislative reforms. These potential legislative reforms could include, among other proposals, limiting funding of housing assistance for aliens and ensuring that U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to benefit the American people, many of whom are struggling to buy homes and pay rent,” Jordan said in the letter.
“To inform such potential reforms, the Committee must first understand the Biden-Harris Administration’s current application of federal immigration law,” the letter continued.
The subpoena compels the department to hand over documents “referring or relating to housing assistance for refugees, parolees, and other aliens” between HHS, other federal agencies, and Church World Service by Oct. 30.
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The subpoena continued the Republican-led House’s push to examine the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border and illegal immigration.
Several House committees, including the judiciary and homeland security committees, have hammered the federal government’s role in the border crisis as immigration emerges as a top concern in the November election.