Whistleblowers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency have come forward in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to accuse the agency of misappropriating funds and generally mismanaging its responsibilities.
“It is also public that NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] have purchased airline tickets for migrants through the use of FEMA funds,” Gaetz wrote to Mayorkas.
This is according to a letter sent by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose department includes FEMA.
FEMA has come under fire for its response to Hurricane Helene, which ravaged North Carolina, Georgia, and other states and left over 200 dead.
“FEMA has wasted taxpayer funds, misappropriated funds, and left other federal, state, and local responders without deployment orders on the ground,” Gaetz wrote to Mayorkas.
According to The Federalist, FEMA has spent more than $1 billion since 2022 addressing the border and illegal immigration crisis.
Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Simon Hankinson wrote in September 2023 that “the Department of Homeland Security, in its fiscal year 2024 budget … asked for a directly appropriated $83.5 million for FEMA Shelter and Services Program grants to ‘nonprofits and local entities to provide support to noncitizens released from DHS custody.’” Hankinson also wrote last year that “DHS asked for $800 million—$650 million more than last year—’for communities to support migrants who have been released from DHS custody pending the outcome of their immigration proceedings.’”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/04/fema-whistleblowers-say-agency-wildly-mismanaged/
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