Van Drew [Refugee Resettlement Hearing]: All sponsors are not vetted. That's the truth. That's what's really happening. Lets' deal with the real world. And you've played in integral role [Becerra] in establishing the unaccompanied children program foundational rule. The details of the rule, to me, are so abhorrent, that it's no wonder some of the worst individuals have been able to exploit it and slip into our country. It's no wonder that hundreds of thousand of unaccompanied alien children have gone missing under this watch…the rule allows sponsors to refuse a background check and they still can be eligible for taking on a vulnerable child. There's no state adoption agency, anywhere in this country, in any state in this country, that would allow this for any foster parent, for any adoptive parent, for any American citizen who wanted to adopt. Why are we no holding sponsors of unaccompanied children to at least the same standard that we hold them? The rule also fails to disqualify individuals with criminal records, or child welfare violations, from serving as sponsors.
Hunt [Refugee Resettlement Hearing]: The Biden/Harris administration in January 2023, created a program called, 'The Welcome Corp'. Under the Welcome Corp program, US permanent residents, non-citizens, can recommend, and sponsor, non-citizens to be US refugees.