{"id":110336,"date":"2024-10-04T15:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110336"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:01:46","slug":"trump-and-gop-freak-out-about-migrants-as-fema-hurricane-funding-shortfall-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110336","title":{"rendered":"Trump and GOP Freak Out About Migrants as FEMA Hurricane Funding Shortfall Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, and Republicans both in Congress and out are not taking it well.<\/p>\n<p>Seething lawmakers and right-wing commentators latched onto the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s decision last year <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/grants\/preparedness\/shelter-services-program\/fy24-awards\">to award<\/a> $640 million in FEMA-administered funds to assist state and local governments in dealing with a recent influx of migrants and asylum seekers, blaming the relatively small allocation for the shortfall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala spent all of her FEMA money\u2014billions of dollars\u2014on housing for illegal migrants,\u201d former President Donald Trump <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1841937425880305792\">told a rally crowd<\/a> in Saginaw, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank so they could give it to their illegal immigrants who they want to have vote for them,\u201d he added. (Undocumented immigrants cannot vote in U.S. elections, and attempts by them to do so are incredibly rare.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayorkas and FEMA\u2014immediately stop spending money on illegal immigration resettlement and redirect those funds to areas hit by the hurricane,\u201d Texas Gov. Greg Abbott <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1841661507383267837\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cPut Americans first.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:180px\">\n<figure class=\"PictureWrapper Ag9VL InlineImage InlineImage--with-caption InlineImage--with-credit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_683,w_1024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_655\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/GettyImages-2175025251_hvxmhz\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_683,w_1024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_770\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/GettyImages-2175025251_hvxmhz\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_683,w_1024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/GettyImages-2175025251_hvxmhz\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump is briefed by local officials about the damage from Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia. \" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_683,w_1024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/GettyImages-2175025251_hvxmhz\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__title-and-caption\"><figcaption class=\"Caption__caption\">\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is briefed by local officials about the damage from Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><svg class=\"Caption__camera-icon\" style=\"height:13px;width:13px\"><use xlink:href=\"#camera\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Caption__credit-text\">Doug Mills\/The New York Times via Getty Images<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED MY COUNTY AND FEMA GAVE FUNDING TO ILLEGALS,\u201d Rep. Anna Paulina Luna fumed <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/1841623218295083132\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The $640 million earmarked for migrant humanitarian services during the 2024 fiscal year was approved by Congress for FEMA\u2019s <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/grants\/shelter-services-program\">Shelter and Services Program<\/a>, a wholly separate and unrelated initiative to the agency\u2019s Disaster Relief Program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Shelter and Services Program (SSP) is a completely separate, appropriated grant program that was authorized and funded by Congress and is not associated in any way with FEMA\u2019s disaster-related authorities or funding streams,\u201d a Homeland Security spokesperson told <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fema-migrant-funding-hurricane-disaster-relief-1963336\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>, calling the Republican claims \u201ccompletely false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The funds allocated to handle asylum seekers also constitute approximately 2 percent of FEMA\u2019s annual budget, which is typically measured in the billions. Its 2023 total gross budget authority was just under $30 billion. For this financial year, which began Oct. 1, the agency requested $33.1 billion, according to <em>Newsweek<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, it has been Republicans who have repeatedly voted in Congress to cut FEMA funding\u2014and the Republican-led House currently controls FEMA\u2019s spending and budget. Just last week, the Hill\u2019s \u201cmost conservative fiscal hawks\u201d forced congressional leaders to strip a bipartisan continuing resolution to keep the government open of almost all supplemental funding, including disaster funds for <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/lawmakers-stunned-as-disaster-funds-left-out-of-stopgap-bill-2\/\">FEMA<\/a>, according to Politico\u2019s E&amp;E News.<\/p>\n<p>One of those hawks was Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who voted against the resolution just days before Hurricane Helene made landfall in his state on Thursday night. The storm has since wreaked havoc across the Southeast and claimed more than 160 lives, with the death toll expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have thought that if you were going to do something, disaster funding would\u2019ve been one of the starting points,\u201d Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), chair of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, told the outlet, saying he\u2019d been caught unawares by the modification. \u201cI have no idea how they got to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The continuing resolution did contain an additional $20 billion earmarked for the agency, and the bill allows FEMA to draw on the funds more quickly as needed, according to the <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-congress-fema-funding-5be4f18e00ce2b509d6830410cf2c1cb\">Associated Press<\/a>. But Mayorkas said that while the agency had enough to meet its immediate needs, its ability to fund itself in the future is in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting,\u201d he said. \u201cFEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane season runs until the end of November. 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