WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Congressman Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Congressman Jason Crow (D-Colo.) led 70 lawmakers in demanding that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburse providers for work performed under their contract to deliver legal services to unaccompanied children.
ORR has not issued reimbursements for services rendered since December 2025, despite Congress passing funding for this purpose. The agency's ongoing refusal to pay providers for their work goes against Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act requirements, the Congress's budget, and the federal government's cont...