Thread by @K8brannen

.@HHSGov “is diverting millions of dollars in funding from a number of programs, including the @CDCgov and the @NIH, to pay for housing for the growing population of detained immigrant children.”

yahoo.com/news/exclusive…

“The rest is being taken from other programs, including $16.7 million from Head Start, $5.7 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program and $13.3 million from the National Cancer Institute.”

The Trump administration implemented a policy that would require detaining thousands of more children and grownups, but didn’t budget for it.

That would require going to Congress and asking for the $$.

There is a real opportunity for congressional oversight here. Anyone going to take it?

So now we know how @HHSGov and @DHSgov are making up for their budget shortfalls due to the huge increase in immigration detention costs. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…

But this leaves @TheJusticeDept, which is having to prosecute thousands of more cases... how is it paying for this? What’s getting cut there to cover these costs?

I asked an administration source about this last week, and he told me:

“The ‘zero tolerance’ policy has basically resulted in DOJ burning through their annual appropriation faster than expected.”