Trump Cancels $11M Migrant Children Contract with Catholic Charities

The Trump administration has canceled an $11 million federal contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, a nonprofit that has provided shelter and care for unaccompanied migrant children for more than 60 years, amid escalating tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over U.S. foreign policy.

The Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office of Refugee Resettlement, notified the organization in late March that the funding would end at the close of the previous month. This decision affects a program in South Florida that houses and supports migrant children entering the United States without parents or guardians, including foster care placements and family reunification services. Church officials estimate the program could cease operations within three months without alternative funding, potentially displacing around 1,900 children currently in care.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services attributed the cancellation to a significant decline in the number of unaccompanied minors requiring placement, dropping from a peak of about 22,000 under former President Joe Biden to roughly 1,900 under the current...