{"id":2351735,"date":"2024-10-07T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-gives-mixed-answer-on-fema-funds-for-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:31:53","slug":"karine-jean-pierre-gives-mixed-answer-on-fema-funds-for-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-gives-mixed-answer-on-fema-funds-for-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Karine Jean-Pierre gives mixed answer on FEMA funds for illegal immigrants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fkarine-jean-pierre-gives-mixed-answer-on-fema-funds-for-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner%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=2351735&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>The recent discussion\u2062 surrounding FEMA funds\u2064 and their allocation has gained attention, particularly following claims made by former President Donald Trump. In response to these claims, White\u2063 House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that assertions \u2063regarding FEMA funds \u2062being\u200c redirected to support \u200cundocumented immigrants are &#8220;categorically false.&#8221; She\u200c emphasized that the Biden administration has not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-contends-public-is-frustrated-with-femas-response-to-helene-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson contends public is \u2018frustrated\u2019 with FEMA\u2019s response to Helene - Washington Examiner\">reallocated disaster relief funds<\/a> for immigration purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre clarified that\u2062 financial assistance for migrants is \u2062provided through a distinct program known as the Shelter and Services \u200dProgram (SSP), which is authorized and funded by Congress, separate from the Disaster Relief Fund managed by FEMA. This means\u200d that aid for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a> is not \u2063drawn\u2062 from the \u2063same pool of resources meant for\u200b disaster recovery, as misinformation might \u200bsuggest. Jean-Pierre referred to a fact-check by the Washington Post that\u2064 highlighted this distinction, reaffirming that accusations of fund misallocation were unfounded.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Karine Jean-Pierre gives mixed answer on FEMA funds for illegal immigrants<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1778042\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karine Jean-Pierre\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> gave a mixed answer when asked last week about former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s claims that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Federal Emergency Management Agency\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a>&lsquo;s funds for illegal immigrants were going toward hurricane relief.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Friday, Jean-Pierre called the accusation from Trump &ldquo;false&rdquo; but appeared to conflate the former president&rsquo;s comment in response to a reporter&rsquo;s question about the claim that the Biden administration is &ldquo;using FEMA funding to support undocumented migrants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&nbsp;mean, it&rsquo;s just categorically false.&nbsp; It is not true. It is a false statement.&nbsp;And look, the fact of the matter is &mdash; I think the <em>Washington Post<\/em> fact-checker did a piece and the headline recently, just moments ago, not too long ago, and the headline was &lsquo;No, Biden didn&rsquo;t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants &mdash; but Trump did,&#8217;&rdquo; Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration has not reallocated funds meant for disaster relief toward the border crisis, but rather, those funds are separate from the Disaster Relief Fund. Funds for handling illegal immigrants&rsquo; housing and other needs are being handled by the Shelter and Services Program, which the Department of Homeland Security said is separate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Shelter and Services Program is a completely separate, appropriated grant program that was authorized and funded by Congress and is not associated in any way with FEMA&rsquo;s disaster-related authorities or funding streams,&rdquo; the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3176333\/fema-hurricane-funding-shortfall-migrants-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s response alluded to distinguishing between the different funds, but FEMA has indeed used funds allocated separately from disaster relief for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-destructive-consequences-of-bidens-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s border crisis has destructive consequences.\">supporting illegal immigrants<\/a>. The comments from Jean-Pierre on Friday led to some pushback from people pointing out FEMA&rsquo;s funding of shelter and services for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEMA has said that while there is enough funding for the agency to respond to Hurricane Helene, concerns have risen that there may not be enough to make it to the end of hurricane season, which lasts until Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The scrutiny over FEMA&rsquo;s response to Hurricane Helene comes as Hurricane Milton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3179116\/hurricane-milton-what-know-path-landfall-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appears on course\">appears on course<\/a> to batter Florida later this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1778042\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778042\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karine Jean-Pierre provides unclear response on FEMA funds for undocumented immigrants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2351736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/karine-jean-pierre-white-house-briefing-oct-7-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42510,32165,32635,42511,32076],"class_list":["post-2351735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fema-funds","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-karine-jean-pierre","tag-mixed-response","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/karine-jean-pierre-white-house-briefing-oct-7-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351735","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}