FEMA Fires Employees Who Sent Money to NYC to House Illegal Aliens in Hotels
*UPDATE 10:48 AM ET* I just got this email from DHS (emphasis mine):
WASHINGTON–Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants. Firings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people.
Daaaaaaang! Will update when more comes out.
From this morning…
Fox News found out that the DHS plans to fire the employees who sent $59 million to New York City so officials could put illegal aliens in luxury hotels.
The DHS told the network that “four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City.”
On Monday, Elon Musk alerted the public that FEMA sent the money to NYC last week.
New York City Hall told The New York Post that the city has only used “$19 million of all $237 million in federal funding that has been awarded to the city during the migrant crisis have gone toward hotels, luxury and otherwise.”
“The $59 million in question appears to correspond with long-expected FEMA funding previously disclosed by City Hall, seemingly undercutting Musk’s insinuation that it was a fresh discovery,” added The New York Post.
A City Hall spokesperson relayed similar information to Fox News, stating that the money came from allocated funds set up by former President Joe Biden’s administration:
A New York City Hall spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that the city had received funds “through the past week” that were allocated by the Biden administration for the purpose of housing and supporting illegal immigrants.Of the $59.3 million, $19 million was for direct hotel costs, while the balance funded other services such as food and security. According to NY City Hall, the funds were not part of a disaster relief grant.
I explained the Stafford Act in my Monday post.
Congress passed the Stafford Act in 1988, allowing federal agencies to deploy assistance to state, tribal, and local governments when hit by a major disaster or emergency.
The act defines an emergency as “any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.”
A major disaster is “any natural catastrophe (including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, winddriven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought), or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of the United States, which in the determination of the President causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under this Act to supplement the efforts and available resources of States, local governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.”
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