Trump Admin Cuts $11M Contract with Catholic Charities for Migrant Child Shelters in Miami
President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated an $11 million federal contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, effectively shutting down their taxpayer-subsidized operation housing and caring for unaccompanied illegal migrant children.
The contract, funneled through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), supported the Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh Center, an 81-bed shelter and broader reunification program that has been running for over 60 years.
That gravy train is now over. The program will be forced to shut its doors within the next three months.
This is Trump delivering on his promise to end the radical left’s open borders nightmare that turned Catholic Charities and other NGOs into multi-billion-dollar facilitators of the Democrat invasion.
The Miami Herald reported:
The Archdiocese of Miami said late Tuesday that Archbishop Thomas Wenski was not immediately available to discuss the contract’s cancellation or the Trump Administration’s rift with the church. But it shared a statement that Wenski, a longtime immigrant-rights advocate, wrote for the Miami Herald’s editorial board.
“The U.S. government has abruptly decided to end more than 60 years of relationship with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami,” Wenkski wrote.
“The Archdiocese of Miami’s services for unaccompanied minors have been recognized for their excellence and have served as a model for other agencies throughout the country.”
Wenski added: “Our track record in serving this vulnerable population is unmatched. Yet, the Archdiocese of Miami’s Catholic Charities’ services for unaccompanied minors has been stripped of funding and will be forced to shut down within three months.”
In response to a Miami Herald inquiry, the Department of Health and Human Services said the daily population of unaccompanied migrant children in the agency’s care was “significantly lower,” at 1,900, under the Trump administration compared to a peak of 22,000 under the Biden administration.
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,” said Emily G. Hillard, the Health and Human Services’ press secretary, though she did not single out Catholic Charities as an affected organization.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Trump administration terminated/suspended USCCB cooperative agreements for refugee resettlement and children’s services (effective around Feb. 2025).
USCCB later announced it would not renew partnerships for refugee and unaccompanied children programs (April 2025), citing untenable conditions; they sought reimbursement for ~$24 million in prior services. This impacted local Catholic Charities affiliates nationwide that partnered on these programs, leading to reported layoffs and program closures at multiple sites.
Catholic Charities and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have been raking in billions of your hard-earned tax dollars to resettle, house, feed, and transport millions of illegal aliens flooding across the southern border.
In 2024 alone, these groups pulled in over $1.4 billion while helping redistribute the greatest illegal migrant invasion in American history.
The funding cut also arrives as tensions escalate between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV.
The Pope recently criticized U.S. foreign policy, prompting a sharp response from Trump, who publicly rebuked the pontiff.
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