by Greg Norman at Fox News
The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that “four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City.”
The firings come after Elon Musk wrote on X Monday that “The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.”
“Firings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist,” the DHS also said. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people.”
Musk said in his message that the “money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!” and that “A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.”
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM SAYS ‘GET RID OF FEMA THE WAY IT EXISTS TODAY’
Migrants are seen sleeping outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on July 31, 2023. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
During former President Joe Biden’s term, FEMA faced backlash after it was reported that while they lacked the necessary funds needed to help Hurricane Helene victims, they were dishing out money that ended up being used to aid illegal immigrants.
House Speaker Mike Johnson clarified that emergency relief funding is…
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