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   (The Center Square) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro   
   Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday that FEMA does not have enough funding to   
   last the rest of the year even as it has spent hundreds of millions of dollars   
   on migrants under the    
   Biden administration and more hurricanes could be on the way.   
      
   DHS oversees FEMA, putting Mayorkas in charge of the emergency relief agency   
   which has recently been focused on helping migrants settle in the U.S.   
      
   “We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,” Mayorkas   
   told reporters. “We are expecting another hurricane hitting. FEMA does not   
   have the funds to make it through the season.”   
      
   The startling admission by Mayorkas comes as FEMA grapples with the widespread   
   damage of Hurricane Helene, A Category 4 hurricane that ripped through the   
   southeast costing billions of dollars, causing widespread infrastructure   
   damage, food shortages, and    
   more than 100 deaths. Many are still unaccounted for as well.   
      
   President Joe Biden said earlier this week he may call on Congress to pass   
   more funding for FEMA.   
      
   In April of this year, FEMA announced $640 million in new funding, $300   
   million for “direct funding” to help immigrants settle in the U.S. while   
   the other $340 million went to cities via grants for the same purpose.   
      
   “Last year, more than $780 million was awarded through SSP and the Emergency   
   Food and Shelter Program – Humanitarian Awards, which went to organizations   
   and cities across the country,” FEMA said in its release.   
      
   While funding is allocated by Congress and money can be flexibly funneled   
   through FEMA from other internal sources, Mayorkas’ comments still show that   
   FEMA’s resources have been focused on migrants while it was left unprepared   
   for this deadly    
   hurricane season.   
      
   “FEMA has what it needs for immediate response and recovery efforts. As FEMA   
   Administrator Deanne Criswell has said, she has the full authority to spend   
   against the President’s budget, but we’re not out of hurricane season yet   
   so we need to keep a    
   close eye on it," said Director of Public Affairs and FEMA Spokesperson Jaclyn   
   Rothenberg. "We may need to go back into immediate needs funding and we will   
   be watching it closely.”   
      
   Illegal immigration has soared under the Biden-Harris administration with   
   millions of migrants entering the U.S. and overwhelming the federal   
   government’s ability to process them, let alone catch the millions of   
   illegal immigrants crossing the southern    
   border.   
      
   Nearly 14 million illegal border crossers and inadmissables have been reported   
   under the Biden-Harris administration, The Center Square exclusively reported.   
   Members of Congress and border security experts estimate the figure is   
   actually much higher.   
      
   Hurricane season is expected to go through the end of November.   
      
   https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_bbd61660-8198-1   
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