How Catholic Charities Turned Mass Afghan Resettlement Into a Federal Cash Pipeline
When Catholic Charities of Oklahoma City bragged on EWTN about resettling more Afghans than any other Catholic Charities office in America, they wrapped it in warm language about “the stranger,” “the common good,” and “serving our brothers and sisters.”
But the truth is simple:
This wasn’t Christian duty.
This was a federal business operation.
THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT CHARITY – IT WAS ABOUT MONEY
Catholic Charities didn’t suddenly discover compassion. They discovered funding.
They went from resettling:
21 arrivals in 12 months
to 1,800 Afghans in six months
Why? Because the Afghan airlift unleashed a flood of federal money.
And those arrivals were not properly vetted. The Taliban had already destroyed IDs, government files, and biometric records – real screening was impossible.
Each Afghan generated: $2,275 in federal payments, plus:
housing funds
food programs
legal services
transportation budgets
caseworker salaries
“emergency response” add-ons
Catholic Charities admitted they expanded …