The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that FEMA terminated four employees for making unauthorized payments for migrant housing at a New York City hotel. The firings include FEMA's Chief Financial Officer and other personnel. The news follows an announcement by Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), who revealed a $59 million payment sent by FEMA to the hotels.
FEMA is terminating four employees who circumvented leadership to make payments for migrant housing in a New York hotel, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed.
The news comes one day after Elon Musk, heading up the Department of Government Efficiency , announced that they uncovered the $59 million payment — made last week — sent by FEMA to“The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order,” Musk wrote.
However, during a press conference on September 16, 2022, Jean-Pierre was asked if the White House planned to reimburse cities who saw migrants bused to their areas. “We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds — FEMA does not have the funds — to make it through the season,” Mayorkasan executive order titled “COUNCIL TO ASSESS THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,” writing that the FEMA has “managed to leave vulnerable Americans without the resources or support they need when they need it most.
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