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Chuck Grassley on DHS Secretary Noem Ending 'Weaponized' Quiet Skies Program

Forbes Breaking NewsJuly 7, 20256 min758 views
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Quiet Skies Program Abuse

  • 🎯 Senator Chuck Grassley highlights the Biden administration's alleged weaponization of the Quiet Skies program.
  • ✈️ Originally intended to track airline travelers with terrorist contacts, the program was reportedly used to target US citizens based on non-security related considerations.
  • πŸ’‘ Examples include individuals present at a January 6th rally or a disabled woman accused of actions she couldn't physically perform, allegedly added to the list.
  • βœ… Secretary Noem's decision to end the Quiet Skies program is praised as a move to stop this alleged abuse.

Oversight of Unaccompanied Alien Children

  • ⚠️ Grassley discusses his long-standing oversight project into the Biden administration's failures to protect unaccompanied alien children.
  • πŸ“‰ Previous HHS and DHS administrations allegedly lost track of hundreds of thousands of these children, contributing to a crisis.
  • 🏠 Documents revealed that HHS placed children in households linked to the MS3 gang and punished whistleblowers.
  • 🚨 HHS also allegedly failed to provide information to law enforcement, increasing the risk of labor and sex trafficking for these children.
  • πŸ“Š A backlog of over 65,000 reports concerning unaccompanied children, including 7,346 related to trafficking, was not adequately addressed.
  • βš–οΈ The Trump administration is working to clear this backlog, with some cases accepted for prosecution, leading to arrests and convictions.
  • 🧐 Grassley vows to continue oversight to uncover the full truth about these programs and their alleged mismanagement.
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