Report: Feds Have Met With Mexican Gov‘t 151 Times To Promote Fed ’Assistance Programs,’ Non-Citizen Participation Has Quadrupled Since 2001

Members of the Obama administration have met with Mexican government officials approximately 30 times to discuss the promotion of government nutrition assistance programs (such as food stamps) “among Mexican Americans, Mexican nationals and migrant communities in America,” according to a new report from The Daily Caller’s Caroline May.

The number of meetings was disclosed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a letter to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) who inquired into the feds little-known promotional program back in July.

“The Mexico-U.S. Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative is just one of a wide range of USDA partnership activities intended to promote awareness of nutrition assistance among those who need benefits and meet all program requirements under current law,” Vilsack wrote to Sen. Sessions in a letter obtained by TheDC.

This would make it roughly 151 times since the nutritional assistance partnership was started under President George W. Bush that U.S. officials have met with representatives from Mexico’s government “to discuss nutrition assistance programs as well as to provide program updates.”

“Those instances included 91 meetings with embassy and consulate staff in 25 U.S. cities; 29 health fairs in 19 U.S. cities; and 31 roundtable discussions, conferences and forums in 20 U.S. cities,” May notes. “Roughly 30 of these meetings and activities occurred under the Obama administration.”

According to Vilsack’s letter, this number may or may not be entirely accurate as a few of the meetings “may not have been recorded.” The agriculture secretary also maintains that the USDA isn’t looking to “boost its rolls” or pressure anyone into enrolling.

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