Federal funding of hotel rooms and meals for refugee applicants and illegal immigrants cost $769 million this year, with the length of hotel stays ranging from weeks to months, according to the Department of Immigration.
“There are two mechanisms of funding. The first one
is the interim lodging sites, which are the hotels,” said Nathalie
Manseau, chief financial officer for the immigration department, during
her testimony at the Senate National Finance Committee. ---More...
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