House Republicans push to reroute frozen USAID funding into deporting illegal immigrants

EXCLUSIVE: A radical of House Republicans is pushing for Congress to reroute overseas assistance backing frozen by President Donald Trump into enhanced deportation efforts of amerciable immigrants successful the U.S.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is unveiling his Restoring American Sovereignty Act connected Thursday, backed by chap House Freedom Caucus members Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Tom Tiffany, R-Wis.

"Americans were enactment past astatine astir each crook during the Biden administration. This was evidenced by the transgression crossing situation astatine our confederate borderline and the wasteful organisation of payer dollars by agencies similar USAID," Ogles said.

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He said his measure would "utilize the USAID backing paused by President Trump to deport amerciable aliens from the United States."

Tiffany said the measure "ensures our taxation dollars find Americans' security" and called the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) an "international wealth laundering scheme."

"America has spent billions of payer dollars backing Democrats' favored projects successful countries that despise america and everything we basal for," Biggs said.

Trump paused astir overseas aid for a play of 90 days to springiness his caller medication clip to measure what wealth going overseas aligns with his agenda.

He and Secretary of State Marco Rubio included carve-outs for exigency needs.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiated a crackdown connected USAID earlier this week. As of Friday, Feb. 7, astir each of USAID's overseas employees volition beryllium enactment connected administrative leave.

Republicans have argued that USAID has agelong been mismanaged and that it was sending U.S. payer dollars to LGBTQ initiatives and different societal causes overseas. They person besides accused the bureau of stonewalling GOP oversight efforts.

Democrats person heavy criticized the rollback, attacking Musk arsenic an un-elected bureaucrat whose businesses besides trust connected authorities contracts. They've besides argued that freezing USAID backing imperils captious initiatives similar crab and HIV probe successful Africa.

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Ogles' measure is simply a little 2 pages, stating that "funds paused pursuant to" Trump's enforcement bid connected overseas assistance "may beryllium made disposable and utilized by the President to deport amerciable aliens from the United States," according to legislative substance viewed by Fox News Digital.

The Tennessee Republican is 1 of Trump's astir vocal allies successful the House of Representatives. 

Last month, helium introduced a measure to authorize Trump to bargain Greenland and a law amendment paving the mode for him to person a 3rd White House term.