4 FEMA Employees Fired After What They GAVE to Migrants
Four employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security due to their involvement in issuing "egregious" payments to undocumented immigrants.
According to officials from DHS who spoke with Fox News, "four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City."
Following the terminations, Elon Musk took to X on Monday to post, "The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants."
He further criticized the agency, stating, "That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high-end hotels for illegals. A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds."
As residents in North Carolina continue recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which struck the state over 120 days ago, President Donald Trump announced plans to restructure FEMA during a visit to the region in late January.
“I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA,” Trump stated to reporters on Friday morning. “I think, frankly, FEMA is not good.”
Additionally, Trump assured North Carolinians that his administration would “do a good job” in aiding the recovery process and pledged that his government would work to quickly repair the damage.
“We’re going to fix it, and we’re going to fix it as fast as you can,” Trump declared. “It’s a massive amount of damage. FEMA has really let us down. Let the country down. And I don’t know if that’s Biden’s fault or whose fault it is, but we’re going to take over. We’re going to do a good job.”
Trump also expressed his belief that states should be granted more control over disaster response, arguing that local officials are better equipped to handle relief efforts. He criticized FEMA for failing to effectively assist North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, adding that he would collaborate with three lawmakers from the affected regions.
“So we’re going to be doing something on FEMA that I think most people agree [with],” Trump stated. “I’d like to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen. And I think you’re going to find it a lot less expensive. You’ll do it for less than half, and you’re going to get a lot quicker response.”
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported that only half of the debris left by Hurricane Helene has been cleared. According to Fox News, thousands of displaced families in North Carolina remain housed in hotels funded by FEMA’s Transitional Housing Assistance program.
This week, FEMA announced an extension of the deadline for families staying in hotels until May 26, as the late January cutoff date approached. The extension applies to over 3,000 households.
“It’s been a horrible thing the way that’s been allowed to fester, and we’re going to get it fixed up,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday before traveling to North Carolina. “It should have been done months ago from the hurricane that took place almost four months ago. North Carolina’s been treated very badly so we’re stopping there.”
In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, Trump remarked that "Democrats don’t care about North Carolina," explaining that this was why he prioritized visiting the state at the start of his second term.
During his visit, local residents shared their struggles and the impact of his presence in the area.
"It’s been hell," Swannanoa resident Michelle, who preferred to be identified by her first name, told Fox News.