Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday that there is not enough money available for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to meet the needs of the communities affected by Hurricane Helene, which has killed more than 220 people.
The funding shortfall has come under scrutiny at a time when at least $640 million in FEMA funding is being spent on assisting communities across the country dealing with an influx of migrants.
Republicans called out this spending after Secretary Mayorkas’ remarks that FEMA was “meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,” while adding that the agency did not have enough funding to make it through another hurricane this season.
“This is easy,” Texas Governor Greg Abbot posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Mayorkas and FEMA — immediately stop spending money on illegal immigration resettlement and redirect those funds to areas hit by the hurricane. Put Americans first.”
An account linked to former President Donald Trump’s campaign also posted that it was a “scandal” that this money was being spent on migrants rather than U.S. citizens.
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