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The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had confirmed a 10 July 2018 report concerning the source of some funding to be allocated toward the internment of immigrant minors. According to the report, the department sought to use at least some funding that had been reserved for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which was established in 1993 to provide treatment services to persons dealing with HIV who do not have medical insurance, for another purpose. An HHS spokesperson told us that during fiscal year (FY) 2017, the department notified Congress of their intent to transfer what they called leftover funding from the previous year for use by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which currently oversees nearly 12,000 children who were taken from their parents as part of a zero tolerance policy against undocumented immigrants pursued by President Donald Trump's administration: According to the Ryan White program's web site, it received $2.32 billion in funding for fiscal year 2016 and served more than 551,000 people living with HIV. A release published in 2018 on the program's web site stated that: The Trump administration backtracked on their zero tolerance policy amid widespread criticism and protests around the U.S. stemming from the separation of undocumented minors from family members crossing into the U.S. with them. On 12 July 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a request in federal court for information concerning immigrant children under the age of 5 who had not been reunited with their parents.
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