The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, is restoring FEMA to its core mission.
Posting on the X platform, Noem said that she had clawed back $59 million sent by deep state activists within FEMA, which is under the jurisdiction of DHS, to house illegal aliens in luxury New York hotels.
“I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels,” she wrote.
“FEMA was funding the Roosevelt Hotel that serves as a Tren de Aragua base of operations and was used to house Laken Riley’s killer.”
“Mark my words: there will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.”
I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels.
FEMA was funding the Roosevelt Hotel that serves as a Tren de Aragua base of operations and was used to house Laken Riley’s killer.
Mark my words: there will not be a…
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) February 12, 2025
In a statement on Tuesday, DHS announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts, and a grant specialist had all been fired from the department for authorizing the payments.
“Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.
“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,” she added.
The payments were first discovered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effifiency (DOGE) as they expose waste and corruption across the federal government.
“The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants,” Musk wrote.
“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 and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!”
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…
— Harry Bōlz (@elonmusk) February 10, 2025
Last month, President Trump created a FEMA Response Council with the aim of cleaning up the agency.
The order stated that the agency had lost its lost mission focus, diverted employees and valuable resources to support missions beyond their authority, and had blown billions of dollars housing illegal aliens.
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