Trump ED Puts Taxpayer-Funded College Programs For Illegal Migrants On Chopping Block

The Department of 🎓Education (ED) on Thursday revoked funding waivers to colleges and universities in California and Oregon for allegedly using the funds on illegal immigrants.

The Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3) waivers are meant to assist low-income, first-generation and disabled students, but under the Biden administration, the funds were allowed to be diverted to send illegal immigrants to college, ED’s press release said. The announcement comes as ED is weighing drastic cuts in funding to schools and states found not in compliance with the administration’s directives, such as its ban on men competing in women’s sports.

“American taxpayer dollars will no longer be used to subsidize illegal immigrants through Department of 🎓Education programs,” Acting Under Secretary James Bergeron said in the announcement. “The TRIO Program was designed to provide support and guidance to disadvantaged Americans as they navigate the road to and through postsecondary Education