{"id":549703,"date":"2021-06-02T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549703"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T19:05:36","slug":"exclusive-dhs-ig-tells-sen-blackburn-agency-considering-concerns-over-86-9-million-contract-to-house-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dhs-ig-tells-sen-blackburn-agency-considering-concerns-over-86-9-million-contract-to-house-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: DHS IG Tells Sen. Blackburn Agency \u2018Considering\u2019 Concerns Over $86.9 Million Contract To House Illegal Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-dhs-ig-tells-sen-blackburn-agency-considering-concerns-over-86-9-million-contract-to-house-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Ken-Cedeno-PoolGetty-Images-2123123-e1622654963340.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.775465973125\">\n<p>Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn received a response back from the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (DHS) Inspector General\u2019s office in April, saying that the agency would consider looking into the $86 million used to house migrants crossing the southern border in hotels.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first obtained the response from DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari after Blackburn sent a letter on March 30. The letter called for more information regarding the $86.9 million contract that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded the Texas-based nonprofit company Endeavors to house around 1,200 illegal immigrant family members in hotel rooms.<\/p>\n<p>The response, which was sent on April 12, says the DHS was \u201cconsidering\u201d Blackburn\u2019s \u201cconcerns.\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-inspector-general-probing-huge-no-bid-government-contract-connected-to-former-biden-official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Tuesday that Endeavors is the subject of an ongoing evaluation to look into how \u201cICE plans to house migrant families in hotels, and how ICE selected a contractor to implement these plans.\u201d The probe is reportedly named, \u201cICE\u2019s Contract to House Migrants in Hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE RESPONSE HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Response_Blackburn - DHS OIG Response - ICE Contracts for Hotels FINAL 4.13.21.Docx on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/510319442\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Response-Blackburn-DHS-OIG-Response-ICE-Contracts-for-Hotels-FINAL-4-13-21-Docx#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER BLACKBURN SENT TO THE DHS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Blackburn DHS - ICE Hotel Rooms Letter (3!30!21) on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/510320128\/Blackburn-DHS-ICE-Hotel-Rooms-Letter-3-30-21#from_embed\">Blackburn DHS \u2013 ICE Hotel Rooms Letter (3!30!21)<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver half a million illegals have been apprehended crossing into the U.S. since Biden has taken office,\u201d Blackburn told the Daily Caller. \u201cWe also need to know if Biden\u2019s border crisis is being fueled by his personal favors and dealings.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/tennessee-republicans-letter-dhs-hhs-illegal-immigrants-marsha-blackburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Tennessee Republicans Send Letter To DHS, HHS Calling For Answers Over Facilities Used To House Illegal Immigrants)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around 1,200 migrant family members were reportedly set to be housed in the hotels as part of a contract awarded by the Biden administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/ice-hotel-rooms-border-migrant-families-7682092b-952c-428e-ae3b-f8b2d4072c0a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Axios reported<\/a>. <strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/20\/joe-biden-illegal-immigrants-immigration-hotels-southern-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RELATED: Biden Administration To Spend $86 Million Housing Migrants In Hotels)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In late May, Blackburn, Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty and Tennessee Rep. Chuck Fleischmann <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/tennessee-republicans-letter-dhs-hhs-illegal-immigrants-marsha-blackburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called on<\/a> the DHS and Health and Human Services (HHS) to hold a briefing with them to discuss the management of unaccompanied minors <span class=\"s1\">\u2014\u00a0<\/span>specifically in Chattanooga and the state of Tennessee\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">\u2014\u00a0<\/span>after a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/tennessee-border-crisis-migrant-children-transport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>\u00a0surfaced that migrant children are allegedly being transported at night to cities throughout the southeastern U.S.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tennessee Sen. 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