When the immigrants were starting to flow in to this country a couple of us researched back then to find out if these kids were put into the system rather than hooking up to family members here whether or not they'd be eligible for the same benefits that fosters/adoptive parents are privy to. We discovered they were.

It's a complicated financial structure but I'll share a little of it with you just in case you aren't aware. After Hillary penned (yes she penned) the ASFA act and it was signed by her POTUS husband in 1997 states were incentivized to increase their adoptions over the prior year. NO INCREASE = NO BONUS for the states. Each child who is presently adopted reaps from 4k-10k per child depending on their ages IF the state managed to exceed their adoptions even by only one child. So if a state adopted 1000 children in 2015 and 1001 children in 2016 then those 1001 children are each going to bring in a bounty for the state. Whereas if they adopted 1000 in 2015 and 999 in 2016 the state receives NOTHING! Those bonuses going into the state coffers and the state can do with it as they please. Texas is the only state since this was instituted in 1997 that has consistently made their bonuses without missing one year.

The other thing that Ms Hillary did with ASFA is reward the adoptive parents with a monthly maintenance check for each child. It would never be more than what they were receiving as foster parents however it's quite lucrative for both the state and the adopters. Most states deem children over the age of 6, or of a minority group or siblings as "special needs". They are characterized that way because those children are not as highly adoptable. Special needs children are put into a different category for compensation to fosters and adopters and the result is a higher monthly maintenance payment. Adopted children also get free medical care through Medicaid until they turn 18. AND another bonus to adoptive families is they get a $13400 tax credit for each and every child that can be applied to a tax liability up to a period of six years.

The other thing I once came across but haven't been able to locate it since is the state continues to receive funding from the FED (they receive it from day one when a child goes into the system from SSA) until that child is 18 or 21 if the child goes on to higher education. The split is 60/40 60% going to the adopters and 40% retained by the state for administrative expenses which consists of cutting a check once a month. Adopters receive from $500- $ 830 per month, per child (each state sets their own rates) all tax free all the while the state would be pocketing from $330-$550 just for issuing the check.

And I haven't even touched on how much the state receives from the FED IV-E while the child is originally made a ward of the state which averages 85k for a period that normally lasts about 18 months.

Again it's slightly off topic but I feel there is VERY good reason to believe this is what's happening to these immigrant children because it's so lucrative for adopters and the state and since they opened up the "market" to the LGBT community it's only helped to increase the child trafficking.