Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are investigating the Department of Homeland Security's priorities when it comes to disaster relief and funding for migrants at the southern border.
FIRST ON FOX: Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are investigating the Department of Homeland Security's 'priorities' for its request for funding from Congress, amid an ongoing controversy over spending on illegal migrants and disaster relief. 'The Committee on Homeland Security…is investigating prioritization of its ability to adequately respond to natural disasters,' lawmakers on the committee said in a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
We have the immediate needs right now. On a continuing resolution, we have funds, but that is not a stable source of supply, if you will,' he said earlier this month. 'This is a multibillion-dollar, multiyear recovery. Amid those calls for more funding for the Disaster Relief Fund , conservatives have pointed to grants administered by FEMA for non-profits and local communities receiving illegal immigrants during the historic border crisis.
These claims are completely false,' a DHS spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital. 'As Secretary Mayorkas said, FEMA has the necessary resources to meet the immediate needs associated with Hurricane Helene and other disasters. The Shelter and Services Program is a completely separate, appropriated grant program that was authorized and funded by Congress and is not associated in any way with FEMA’s disaster-related authorities or funding streams.
It is the latest Republican grilling on the matter. A group of GOP senators last week wrote to the administration asking if a 'continued entanglement in DHS’s efforts to respond to the border crisis could impact its readiness and emergency response mission.' They also say that budget requests to Congress asked it to continue funding FEMA’s border-related work.
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