A formerly homeless veteran slammed the Biden administration for spending $86 million on a contract to house migrants in hotels while many veterans continue living on the streets.
“What I don’t understand is why we can allow our greatest heroes, our American veterans that have gone to fight for this country, that have gone and put their lives on the line, and then they come back home and have nowhere to go,” David Hathcock told Fox News on Tuesday. “And this administration is putting more money into people that have never contributed to this society, and, to me, that is very heartbreaking.”
Hathcock said that when he was homeless, he “needed all the help I could get,” adding the United States “could do better” caring for its veterans.
“We’re giving $86 million to people that have never contributed to this society, and yet, we let the people that have given the most be homeless,” Hathcock, a recovered addict who is now a VA nurse, said.
The Washington Examiner confirmed on Sunday that a Texas nonprofit organization signed an $86 million deal with the Biden administration to house the influx of migrants at the border in hotel rooms.
The contract will reportedly last six months and provide shelter to 1,200 migrants.
The influx of migrants at the southern border has spurred a crisis, with local leaders in border states decrying the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
“The Biden administration has been an abject failure when it comes to ensuring the safety of unaccompanied minors who cross our border,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. “President Biden’s refusal to address the border crisis is not only enabling criminal actors like human traffickers and smugglers, but it is exposing innocent, unaccompanied children to illness and potentially unsafe living conditions.”
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However, the White House has not labeled the situation a “crisis,” despite the thousands of people crossing the border and recent photos showing migrant children living in an overcrowded Texas tent facility.
“Children presenting at our border, who are fleeing violence, who are fleeing prosecution, who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday.
