The Trump administration has reportedly canceled an $11 million contract with the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, which offers shelter and care to migrant children entering the United States alone.
The Office of Refugee Settlement, part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has paid Catholic Charities for numerous years to house immigrant children entering the U.S. without adult supervision. The federal government contacted the charity about the cancellation in late March, according to The Miami Herald.
The HHS said that the cancellation was motivated by a falling number of migrant children entering the country without parents or adult supervisors.
“ORR is closing and consolidating unused facilities as the Trump Administration continues efforts to stop illegal entry and the smuggling and trafficking of unaccompanied alien children,” Emily G. Hillard, the HHS press secretary, told The Miami Herald. She did not comment specifically on the case of the Miami nonprofit.
The abrupt severing of the White House’s long-term support to the nonprofit comes amid an ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV.
Newsweek contacted the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami and HHS for comment by email on Thursday morning.
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