The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has uncovered evidence that a top aide to former President Joe Biden received millions of federal dollars for a facility intended to house recent migrants—yet the facility remained empty throughout the country’s crisis.
A Texas nonprofit tied to Biden’s transition team members received a government contract for an overflow facility in Pecos.
Family Endeavors, which had employed the transition team member since 2021, saw its “cash and portfolio of investments grow from $8.3M in 2020 to $520.4M in 2023”—with the federal government as its sole source of funds, DOGE reported.
Family Endeavors’ managers have been receiving $18 million per month to operate the facility since 2024.
However, the facility, which was meant to house unaccompanied migrant children, remained empty.
Despite having no residents, the money continued to flow.
“With national licensed facility occupancy now below 20%, HHS was able to terminate this contract, saving taxpayers over $215M annually,” states the post on X, which also tags Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin.
Images of the facility show a fleet of idle golf carts and an untouched cafeteria-style space.
President Trump has since scaled back such asylum programs, with the number of legal border crossings falling to the lowest level seen in years.
The contract marks the second politically connected discovery by DOGE this year, following its revelation that an organization tied to failed Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams had received at least $2 billion in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Abrams’ “community investment group” was funded by the Biden-Harris administration to install heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, solar panels, home battery systems, EV chargers, and weatherization upgrades—despite reporting just $100 in revenue in 2023, according to an EPA press release.
DOGE and Elon Musk have been spearheading Trump’s efforts to eliminate billions in wasteful federal spending.
“If we don’t do this, America is going to be bankrupt,” Musk said this week.
Musk aims to reduce federal expenditures by $4 billion daily, meaning DOGE could save taxpayers $1 trillion by September.
DOGE’s efforts are also backed by recent polls, which show that 72% of Americans support its mission.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration secured a major legal victory after U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sided with DOGE in its funding freeze of $2 billion to contractors who performed work for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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