By Casey Harper (The Heart Sq.)
Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas advised reporters Wednesday that FEMA doesn’t have sufficient funding to final the remainder of the yr even because it has spent tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} on migrants beneath the Biden administration and extra hurricanes may very well be on the best way.
DHS oversees FEMA, placing Mayorkas answerable for the emergency aid company which has lately been targeted on serving to migrants settle within the U.S.
“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,” Mayorkas advised reporters. “We are expecting another hurricane hitting. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”
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The startling admission by Mayorkas comes as FEMA grapples with the widespread harm of Hurricane Helene, A Class 4 hurricane that ripped by means of the southeast costing billions of {dollars}, inflicting widespread infrastructure harm, meals shortages, and greater than 100 deaths. Many are nonetheless unaccounted for as nicely.
President Joe Biden stated earlier this week he might name on Congress to move extra funding for FEMA.
In April of this yr, FEMA introduced $640 million in new funding, $300 million for “direct funding” to assist immigrants settle within the U.S. whereas the opposite $340 million went to cities by way of grants for a similar objective.
“Last year, more than $780 million was awarded through SSP and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program – Humanitarian Awards, which went to organizations and cities across the country,” FEMA stated in its launch.
Whereas funding is allotted by Congress and cash may be flexibly funneled by means of FEMA from different inside sources, Mayorkas’ feedback nonetheless present that FEMA’s assets have been targeted on migrants whereas it was left unprepared for this lethal hurricane season.
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Unlawful immigration has soared beneath the Biden-Harris administration with tens of millions of migrants coming into the U.S. and overwhelming the federal authorities’s potential to course of them, not to mention catch the tens of millions of unlawful immigrants crossing the southern border.
Not less than 12 million unlawful immigrants have entered the U.S. beneath the Biden-Harris administration, although many consultants estimate the determine is definitely a lot larger.
Hurricane season is anticipated to undergo the top of November.
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