California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. (Photo: Kevin Sanders for California Globe)
Former HHS Sec. Beccera Spent $22.6 Billion for Illegal Immigrants: Grants, Cash for Cars, Home Loans and Biz Startups
Where in the World is Xavier Beccera?
By Katy Grimes, February 14, 2025 10:04 am
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, with the vow to Make America Healthy Again, the Globe is wondering what rock former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra climbed back under – or “Xavier Baccaria” as addled Joe Biden called him.
What a contrast RFK Jr. will be from Becerra.
The Globe has covered Becerra extensively for many years:
Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary doubled down on tyrannical COVID policies, including mandatory masking and vaccines for everyone including pregnant women and infants, as well as business and school lockdowns.
We questioned his appointment by the Biden administration as HHS Secretary:
And, Becerra’s appointment was purely political, as Becerra had no health related experience – he was a member of congress for 25 years before being appointed California Attorney General by Gov. Jerry Brown – which was also a strange appointment as well, as I reported in 2018 following his entanglements, as he was up to his eyeballs in the House Democratic Caucus Pakistani Awan Brothers Congressional IT Scandal. Then-Rep. Xavier Becerra was the caucus chairman when he gave a fake server to the cops in order to obstruct their investigation. (This is where Scooby Doo masterfully says “Ruh Roh.”)
Daily Caller reporter Luke Rosiak reported in 2017, “The Awans and their associates collected more than $5 million in pay from congressional offices, often drawing chief-of-staff level pay though there is reason to believe many didn’t even show up. The House’s internal probe found they logged into servers they had no affiliation with, used members’ usernames, covered their tracks, and persisted even after being fired.”
Going back a few years:
Since the January 2017 appointment of Xavier Becerra to California Attorney General by California Governor Jerry Brown, I’ve questioned why Becerra was chosen out of all of the qualified Deputy AG’s and lawyers in-state, and suggested it was to provide distance between Becerra and DC, as well as a strong offense during the investigation into his leadership role in the Congressional IT scandal and cover up.
Becerra, a sitting member of Congress since 1993, was surprisingly appointed to the California AG’s office when then-California AG Kamala Harris was elected to the U.S. Senate. Did he miss California? Not likely, since he and his wife and three daughters lived in and own a million dollar home in the D.C. area and by all accounts, were ensconced as permanent residents. (It appears the Becerra’s just this month sold their home in Maryland).
In April Becerra let slip that he was considering leaving the Biden administration to run for California Governor.
God help us.
The New York Post reports Friday that under Secretary Becerra’s authority, “the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 — which included cash assistance to buy cars, homes and even build credit for startup businesses, according to a shocking watchdog report that found taxpayers were left on the hook for $22.6 billion.
“HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) — which came under fire last year for having lost track of 32,000 migrant kids in the US — handed out the high sum to a host of nonprofits, effectively acting as a “giant magnet” for those crossing the US border and claiming asylum, auditors from the money monitor OpenTheBooks revealed exclusively to The Post.
Tasked with settling migrants, asylum seekers and other refugees in America, ORR drastically increased the number of noncitizens eligible to receive funding over the bulk of President Joe Biden’s term, with more than $10 billion shelled out to grant-receiving organizations just in fiscal year 2023.”
US taxpayers’ money and immigrant children are now missing under Becerra’s watch.
Where in the world is Xavier Becerra?
It gets worse.
The Daily Caller is reporting that one of Becerra’s top officials in the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services directed millions in illegal immigrant assistance grants to nonprofits where she previously held senior positions.
According to the OpenTheBooks report:
Robin Dunn Marcos, who led HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under former President Joe Biden, oversaw $22.6 billion in grant distributions since 2020, with her former employers emerging as top beneficiaries. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), where she spent 23 years as a senior director, received $598 million, while Church World Service, her employer of four years, was awarded $355 million.
“Consistent with the Ethics Pledge, Robin Dunn Marcos is recused from participating in particular matters involving specific parties in which IRC is or represents a party,” a spokesperson for the Administration for Children and Families, ORR’s parent agency, told the outlet. “That recusal obligation lasts for two years from her date of appointment, which was September 11, 2022.”
“The most substantial portion of funding — $12.4 billion — went toward programs for unaccompanied minor children, even as the agency faced mounting criticism over its handling of minors in its care. Tom Homan, now President Donald Trump’s border czar, estimated that 300,000 migrant children were unaccounted for under the program’s watch, he said in a January 2023 interview with Fox News.”
This all took place while Xavier Becerra was HHS Secretary.
DOGE, Attorney General Pam Bondi – cleanup on aisle 5. A deep dive into this spending, as well as the actions by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and toady Ruth Marcos is in order. The billions needs to be clawed back to the American people.
Becerra should never be near government authority, or the government checkbook again – and likely should be sharing a prison cell with other Biden administration criminals.
Here is more reporting on Xavier Becerra.
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All of this and the OpenTheBooks report makes me think that USAID was supplying the funds to Bacerra and his Leftist mob soldiers. According to Wikileaks, USAID established offices in several states including California:
“USAID (and State) funneled nearly half a billion dollars through this building which is at “876 7th St Arcata, CA 95521-6358″. The IRS and IN government contracts list this address as the current registered address for IN although it was clearly abandoned by December 2024.” – Wikileaks
Were some of the 300,000 missing children trafficked through places like this? Someone needs to follow the money and find out.
Hopefully Becerra’s identification with the ridiculous benefits for illegals will doom his run for Governor. Doling out huge amounts of money to NGOs supporting woke causes and protecting criminals, is no longer the path to elective office.
Until further notice, the Biden administration should have all passports suspended.
Clearly this guy wasn’t qualified to be a dog catcher. Amazing how these hacks make it into office.
Wow, the sleazy crookedness just never never ends with this guy, does it. This latest outrage is almost beyond belief. Good thing (fingers crossed) this Becerra can of worms will be fully opened, flushed out, and sterilized by the current administration. Looks like at the very least the utterly disgraced Becerra can drop the CA Governor bid now. Right?
What a cesspool CA has become, all thanks to squirrely twerps like this guy who have no morals and no conscience.
Why, Californians will happily elect another POS like this to rule over them and tax them into the poorhouse just like Newsome, that State loves a corrupt Governor!
In the event of continued corrupt ELECTIONS, maybe so.
But if we should be so fortunate as to soon have CLEAN elections, or at least CLEAN-ENOUGH elections, maybe not.
Election cheating has been going on for a LONG LONG time in this state.
They named it “dominion” for a reason, Douglas…
And, yes, go figure the US tax payer bought and paid for press is stating education secretary nominee Linda McMahon has little experience. It’s great all the scum that is being clear from the swamp. Remember, Israel was mainly swamps until it was drained and made to be a wonderful productive country
I want to see this guy in an orange jumpsuit.
Let’s not forget the lives that have been damaged under his traitorous reign as HHS Secretary!
He supported mRNA mandates.
Where did all that money go?
This is not monopoly money! He needs to pass Go and go straight to JAIL.
He actually deserves a lethal injection.
Xavier Beccera was confirmed by the US Senate (including RINOs) after faltering when asked “What is a woman?” How can an executive administrator in charge of Health and Human Services not know the answer when he is responsible for research grants and new drug approvals that must be safe for pregnant and lactating women?
What was his executive response to the toxic bio lab in Reedley, CA?
Thanks to Katie for calling attention to this pernicious political pathogen.
He was a health and safety threat to every American as much as Fauci and his clinical collaborating crew .
Hoping an investigation of Becerra may yield relevant information about Governor Brown’s less obvious activities.
Democrats swindle their fellow American citizens at the drop of a hat.
The brazen corruption by Xavier Becerra and other Democrats is just astounding. Local Democrats here in Sacramento are apoplectic about losing the presidential election and the possibility that their taxpayer funded grift will be cut off. There’s a post on Nextdoor today from a Becky Santos in East Sacramento who is whining about saving our democracy and announcing that there’s a planned protest on Feb. 17 at 12 noon at the state capitol. We’ll see how peaceful it will be considering that Democrats are involved.
Yes indeed, Samantha. The DemoncRats are starting to advocate (pretty much openly) violent protests. I expect this to be another “summer of love” (but on steroids) that includes the kind of violence previously seen in the Antifa and BLM riots; which the MSM reported as “mostly peaceful”. The Trump administration was prevented from dealing with these rioters in a forthright manner by leftist governors like Newscum, Walz and Whitmer; and the RINOs like Milley, Esper and others in the Deep State. This time will be different. We may even see troops with fixed bayonets in dealing with the insurrectionists.
Gee, I hope these Pretend-Dem crybaby protesters (fake and paid, no doubt) have a permit for their tantrums! Remember when the CHP (at Newsom’s direction) refused to issue one for an actual peaceful protest of innocent families and young people to end the lockdown at the State Capitol in May of 2020? And as I recall Fascist Newsom, in fear of the likely effectiveness of peaceful families with handmade signs, ordered the same CHP, as his stasi enforcers, to form an armed and uniformed phalanx of threat around the Capitol building.
And let’s hope there will be arrests of unruly protesters in the call-for-warm-Dem-bodies-on-Nextdoor Feb 17 crowd if needed! Because there were definitely arrests of peaceful citizens at the May 2020 rally. Take a trip down Totalitarian Memory Road from almost five years ago, courtesy of Gov Gavin and the Gang:
“There’s Something Happening Here” – Lloyd Billingsley, May 3, 2020
https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/03/theres-something-happening-here/
Once upon a time, Tea Party members from around the state peacefully converged on the Capitol. We were allowed to walk in and around the building (that was nice of them). Thought while inside I’d visit the men’s room. As I entered, I’ll be damned if there weren’t a couple of CHP officers, combing their hair in front of a big mirror. They were cordial, professional and somewhat interested in our visit. We all had good time that day.
California Highway Patrol, for as long as I can remember (until maybe in recent years?) has always been especially well-respected and well-liked in the ranks of CA law enforcement, with a great reputation besides. They have been the good guys. Gov Gruesome has put some dents in that valuable reputation with his choke chain hold on them, sending them out for years on his insane missions as if they are his own personal enforcement because they are a state agency. The rank-and-file CHP can’t be exactly happy about that, can they?
Wow, what a F’en loser. Most of us Californians who paid taxes would definitely not like seeing their hard earned taxes going to immigrants that never paid a dime into the system. Great job man….no wonder the Republicans won so big in the 2024 election!!!
Thankfully Katy Grimes and California Globe has extensively covered the ethically bankrupt Democrat Xavier Becerra and his shady deeds over the years because the mainstream propaganda media would never do it. Many of us hope that he’ll soon be sharing prison cell with other Biden administration criminals.
The Democrat party is the worlds largest crime syndicate. Send all the participates in these crimes to a Bukele style prison. These guys make south American gangsters look like pikers in comparison.
Wasn’t it spelled “Bockhorrhea” (like gonorrhea)???