The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has fired four FEMA employees, including the agency’s Chief Financial Officer for authorising a $59 million payment for housing migrants in luxury hotels in New York City without leadership approval.
The firings followed a revelation by Elon Musk, who claimed that FEMA had misallocated funds meant for disaster relief. DHS, under President Trump and Secretary Noem, condemned the payments as an “egregious violation of policy”.
While New York City officials confirmed the funds were provided by the Biden administration, lawmakers, including Rep. Mike Lawler, criticised the mismanagement of taxpayer money.
President Trump called for FEMA’s abolition, claiming it had been ineffective and wasteful under Biden’s leadership.
The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.
Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order.
That money is meant for American disaster relief…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 10, 2025
This is how much the “hotels” in NYC are making off the current migrant crisis, 885k per day, 6.2M per week, and 26.6M per week (at $300 per room). And now they are paying for migrants to leave NYC and go to other cities like a Houston and Phoenix. pic.twitter.com/IUVxcDqsCV
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) March 25, 2024
🚨#BREAKING: Elon Musk confirms the DOGE team uncovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.
OH. MY. GOSH. pic.twitter.com/yc2WCsTF8X
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) February 10, 2025
Looooong overdue!
FEMA was created to incarcerate / kill Americans and Permanent Residents in the event of Martial Law & Civil War occurred by erecting Concentration Camps to house rounded-up dissident Patriots or by denying services to certain populations during deadly disasters, like in North Carolina during Biden’s reign, for example.
I think I know what the Military veterans who are on the street should do: Cross into Mexico then cross back into the US, speak Spanish and pretend to be an illegal immigrant. Then get free housing.
The Biden regime really was taking the piss. It will take President Trump at least a few weeks to undo the damage and bring insubordinate federal employees to heel.