FIRST ON FOX — A bill will be introduced to stop federal funds from being given to nonprofit entities unless they comply with human trafficking or alien smuggling laws.
Lance Gooden, R-Texas, plans to introduce the “Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2023” to set standards for nonprofit organizations as they gather in border towns to assist with the migrant surge.
“By ensuring that federal funds are not awarded to organizations that engage in these heinous activities, we can safeguard taxpayer dollars and hold bad actors accountable,” Gooden told Fox News Digital.
Gooden’s bill proposes that NGOs certify federal law compliance with the Office of Management and Budget.
The House Judiciary Committee member also called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to produce a strategy to help NGOs with “deterring, detecting, reporting and removing aliens.”
The bill …