As Trump makes false claims about hurricane relief, White House calls it 'poison' [View all]
As Trump makes false claims about hurricane relief, White House calls it ‘poison’
A White House memo criticized Republicans’ claims that hurricane money was spent to house illegal immigrants, which it described as “bald-faced lies.”
By Sabrina Rodriguez and Justine McDaniel
Updated October 4, 2024 at 8:14 p.m. EDT|Published October 4, 2024 at 2:34 p.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/trump-hurricane-helene-fema-money-misinformation/
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“Kamala has spent all her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants,” Trump said at a rally Thursday.
Harris does not disburse FEMA funding as vice president. The claim about using disaster relief funding to house immigrants is false, a Washington Post fact check found.
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Trump, however, did move money from FEMA as president: He diverted nearly $10 million in funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use for detention programs in 2018. In 2019, his administration redirected millions more from the disaster fund to ICE, including $38 million in the middle of hurricane season.
Trump also came under criticism as president for his responses to certain natural disasters, including Hurricanes Irma and Maria. His administration also rolled back more than 125 environmental regulations, including flood standards and measures aimed at curbing climate change factors that can drive extreme weather.
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