Thread: Trump shifts disaster fund money over to illegal immigration fight

Trump shifts disaster fund money over to illegal immigration fight

JAMIE DUPREE Aug 28, 2019
ByJamie Dupree, Cox Washington Bureau


With marine interests in the U.S. closely watching the track of Tropical Storm Dorian, the Trump Administration has moved to shift money out of FEMA's disaster relief fund and into federal efforts to deal with a surge of illegal immigrants along the border with Mexico, prompting complaints from Democrats.

In all, $271 million is being moved around inside the Department of Homeland Security budget to deal with the need for more immigrant detention beds, as well as money for immigration hearings.

“The Trump administration’s plan to divert money away from FEMA at the start of hurricane season to continue its efforts to separate and jail migrant families is backwards and cruel," said Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer.

"Once again, this administration is endangering America by moving funds away from emergency management for their extremist border agenda," said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR).

"As hurricane season approaches, is this really in the best interest of THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?" tweeted Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI).

$155 million is coming out of the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund - all part of the effort to funnel more money to detention and hearing facilities used to process migrants detained by authorities.

"This is massively irresponsible," said Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL).

Money is also being shifted out of the Coast Guard and other accounts inside the Department of Homeland Security, in order to bolster efforts by the White House to house - and then deport migrants.

"This realignment of resources allows DHS to address ongoing border emergency crisis by alleviating the surge along the Nation’s Southwest Border while minimizing the risk to overall DHS mission performance," the department noted in a written statement.

The move comes as the number of people detained after illegally crossing the southern border has dropped in recent months, after it surged over 144,000 in the month of May, dropping back to 82,000 in July.



“This is beyond insensitive,” said Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) of the decision to move money out of FEMA and into illegal immigration efforts. “It's reckless.”


Trump shifts disaster fund money over to illegal immigration fight

"Once again, this administration is endangering America by moving funds away from emergency management for their extremist border agenda," said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR).

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It is the Democrats and Rino's who "once again" endanger the American people with open borders, catch & release, misuse of our tax dollars to harbor, aid, and abet illegal aliens who are pouring over our border.

They are spending BILLIONS of our dollars on detention centers, medical care, food, clothes, internet, TV, phones, diapers! Shut them down and process and deport on the spot!

We are not paying taxes to house and feed illegal aliens who have NO right to be here!

There are 2 billion foreigners on the planet who "dream" of coming here. No way! Go solve their problems on their soil.

Mexico is dumping ENTIRE cities across our border of foreigners who are not vetted, full of diseases, medical issues, are criminals, pregnant, child traffickers, gangs, rapists, economic migrants, along with the drugs and human trafficking. Many of which are caught, have criminal records, and have been deported several times in the past.

SHUT THE WHOLE BORDER DOWN.

TARIFFS ON MEXICO...THERE ARE THOUSANDS BACKED UP AND THEY WILL DUMP THEM OVER OUR BORDER!

MEXICO NEEDS TO LOAD UP 100% OF THEM AND DEPORT THEM OUT OF MEXICO BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES!