{"id":2350377,"date":"2024-10-03T18:40:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-where-biden-harris-admin-spent-femas-money\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T18:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:43:14","slug":"heres-where-biden-harris-admin-spent-femas-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-where-biden-harris-admin-spent-femas-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Where Biden-Harris Admin Spent FEMA&#8217;s Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-where-biden-harris-admin-spent-femas-money%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2350377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Homeland \u200dSecurity Secretary\u200d Alejandro Mayorkas has urged Congress to \u200ballocate additional \u2064funds to\u2062 the \u2062Federal Emergency Management\u2063 Agency\u2063 (FEMA)\u200c as the agency&#8217;s resources have been\u200b depleted due to services \u2064provided for illegal immigrants. Mayorkas emphasized that FEMA \u2064is\u2063 struggling financially, especially during the ongoing\u200d hurricane season, which runs \u200buntil November 30. This plea comes in the \u200dwake of Hurricane Helene, which\u200c caused catastrophic flooding and devastation in \u2062the \u200csoutheastern United \u2063States.<\/p>\n<p>As communities work to\u2062 recover from \u2064the storm&#8217;s aftermath, \u2063where \u2062approximately 200 people lost their lives and significant infrastructure was\u200c damaged, concerns have\u200d arisen about the lack of federal\u200c relief efforts on the\u2063 ground. Residents expressed\u2062 frustration over the \u200bslow \u200dresponse from the Biden administration, criticizing\u2062 the absence of coordinated FEMA assistance in affected \u200bareas.<\/p>\n<p>Critics also pointed out that FEMA has shifted\u2062 its focus and\u2063 funding away from disaster response to provide humanitarian services for illegal immigrants, with over $1 billion spent within two years on\u200c such initiatives. Reports suggest that \u200cthe prioritization of\u2064 services for noncitizens has detracted from FEMA&#8217;s ability to\u200d respond effectively to natural disasters and has transformed the agency&#8217;s mission from public safety to establishment of\u200d equity in emergency management.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is pleading with lawmakers to send the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) more money after the disaster relief agency emptied the coffers to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/01\/biden-harris-admin-used-fema-disaster-funding-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">services<\/a> for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season,&rdquo; Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2024\/10\/02\/press-gaggle-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-secretary-of-homeland-security-alejandro-mayorkas-en-route-greenville-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> reporters on Air Force One Wednesday, with hurricane season running from June 1 through Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,&rdquo; he said, after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to the southeastern United States. <\/p>\n<p>The storm crashed into Florida as a Category 4 hurricane last week and poured a record-breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/helene-and-other-storms-dumped-40-trillion-gallons-of-rain-on-the-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">40 trillion<\/a> gallons of water across the South, washing away <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/10\/01\/lake-lure-helene-dam-flood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entire<\/a> Appalachian towns. Ryan Cole, the assistant director for emergency services in Buncombe County where Asheville became isolated due to broken roads and no power or cell service, characterized the aftermath as &ldquo;Biblical.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve heard us say, &lsquo;catastrophic devastation within our county.&rsquo; I would go a little bit further and say we have Biblical devastation through the county,&rdquo; Cole <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/29\/biden-lounged-at-the-beach-while-floods-wreaked-biblical-devastation-on-appalachia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Sunday. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had Biblical flooding here, and it has been extremely significant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But while communities across southern Appalachia scramble to rebuild following the torrential downpour that killed roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lD8ij0zgzdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">200<\/a> people, federal relief efforts have come up short. One woman named Alyse Adams, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/north-carolina-woman-says-family-member-is-stuck-in-mountain-town-after-helene-220506693575\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/north-carolina-woman-says-family-member-is-stuck-in-mountain-town-after-helene-220506693575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poke<\/a> to NBC News about her family stuck in the North Carolina mountains, said she&rsquo;s been stunned by the slow response from the Biden-Harris administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how you did not have a formal press conference or something from either President Biden or Kamala Harris,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;FEMA is not on the ground there at all. They are not in these cities, not in these towns, and not in these villages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This woman has family trapped in Spruce Pine, North Carolina for 4 days&hellip; She just called out Biden and Harris live on NBC: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FFT11nuOPM\">pic.twitter.com\/FFT11nuOPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1840948441905586526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-explosion-rocks-fort-worth-hotel-multiple-injuries-reported\/\" title=\"Fort Worth hotel hit by huge blast, many injured\">emergency response agency<\/a> is typically proactive, with pre-staged supplies ready for immediate rescue operations, that same support was clearly not available to the Appalachian towns where Hurricane Helene wrought havoc. Instead, the Biden-Harris administration restructured FEMA to provide services for illegal migrants with a new bureaucratic <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/30\/fema-website-admits-keeping-you-alive-in-a-natural-disaster-isnt-its-top-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mandate<\/a> to instill &ldquo;equity as a foundation of emergency management.&rdquo; Storm preparedness ranks as a third priority for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-the-biden-harris-admin-allocated-fema-funds\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s How the Biden-Harris Admin Allocated FEMA Funds\">disaster relief task force<\/a> under &ldquo;lead[ing] whole of community in climate resilience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the government&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/grants\/shelter-services-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, FEMA has spent more than $1 billion &ldquo;to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)&rdquo; under the &ldquo;Shelter and Services Program&rdquo; just within the last two years. The agency allocated nearly $364 million to the program in the fiscal year 2023 and $650 million for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the last 4 years the Biden-Harris admin has steadily transformed FEMA &mdash; the agency responsible for responding to natural disasters like Hurricane Helene &mdash; into an illegal alien resettlement agency that emphasizes DEI over public safety,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/America1stLegal\/status\/1840862874203197691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> America First Legal, a conservative non-profit. AFL published a series on online posts outlining where FEMA spent tax dollars meant to assist Americans in the aftermath of major storms and hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Shelter and Services Program is designed to exclusively provide shelter and services to illegal aliens,&rdquo; AFL reported, with millions in grants spent to groups primarily across the Southwest. AFL also highlighted the &ldquo;Emergency Food and Shelter Program&rdquo; as a &ldquo;separate program&rdquo; that has given $685 million &ldquo;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republicans-draft-legal-giveaways-to-illegals\/\" title=\"Georgia Republicans Draft Legal Giveaways to Illegals\">fund illegal aliens<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\/4 Moreover, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program has been reshaped to provide funding to &ldquo;families and individuals encountered by the Department of Homeland Security&rdquo; &ndash; aka illegal aliens. <\/p>\n<p>This is a SEPARATE program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>$685 MILLION has been allocated to fund illegal aliens. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QmLZvQLfYt\">pic.twitter.com\/QmLZvQLfYt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; America First Legal (@America1stLegal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/America1stLegal\/status\/1840862890049298477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/58840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to the Congressional Budget Office, FEMA gets most of its funding from supplemental appropriations bills passed by lawmakers following natural disasters. This hurricane season, however, has only brought two major storms to the U.S. that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-the-grace-of-god-family-gets-modern-miracle-after-tornado-picked-up-4-month-old-baby\/\" title=\"Miraculous: Tornado Lifts 4-Month-Old Baby, Family Blessed\">caused widespread devastation<\/a>: Helene and <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/recent-major-hurricanes-left-hundreds-dead-caused-billions-114303309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beryl<\/a>, which hit Texas in June. Yet Mayorkas is now demanding more funding for FEMA after the administration diverted the agency&rsquo;s resources for the continued migrant crisis under President Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;border czar,&rdquo; Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have, of course, made a significant request of Congress with respect to stable funding for the Federal Emergency Management Administration, which should not be a political issue,&rdquo; Mayorkas said Wednesday. &ldquo;This is something that Americans need desperately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Americans in the washed-out towns of southern Appalachia also need the support of their federal government more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-move-biden-admin-releasing-illegal-border-crossers-into-u-s-without-scheduling-court-dates-at-rgv-sector-fox-news-reports\/\" title=\"\u2018Unprecedented Move\u2019: Biden Admin Releasing \u2018Illegal Border Crossers\u2019 Into U.S. Without Scheduling Court Dates At RGV Sector, Fox News Reports\">illegal border crossers<\/a> in California and Texas, desperately. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayorkas urges Congress for more FEMA funding amid crises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2350379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/6796452877_c81d0b0821_k-e1727968103687.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34137,42075,42298,42300,42299],"class_list":["post-2350377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-harris-administration","tag-disaster-relief","tag-fema-spending","tag-financial-management","tag-government-budget"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/6796452877_c81d0b0821_k-e1727968103687.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}